I just start singing some words with a tune. I don't ever write a song thinking, Now I'll write a song about... .

I think people who create and write, it actually does flow-just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they write it down. It's simple.

The most important ingredient to making a song work is the magic. You've got a melody, you've got words, but on the more successful songs, there's a sort of magic glow that just happens and you can feel it happening. It just makes the songs sort of roll out.

I think it's something to do with the structural quality of the songs. We weren't actually trying to make stuff that was cool, or of the moment, although a lot of it was. We were trying to make stuff that was good enough to stick around and lo and behold, it has.

If I ever get out of here, thought of giving it all away to a registered charity.

I support decriminalisation. People are smoking pot anyway and to make them into criminals is wrong. It's when you're in jail you really become a criminal.

I don't have any desire to learn. I feel it's like a voodoo, that it would spoil things if I actually learnt how things are done.