It's like if you're an astronaut and you've been to the moon, what do you want to do with the rest of your life?

I got my first guitar when I was 15, and I just used to fool about with it, more or less, as time went by, though, I got more interested.

I did study Shakespeare, that was sort of my thing; I got a Literature A-level, which is my only claim to academic fame.

I'm not a great practiser at all. We were never great practisers. The Beatles would come together for about a day before we had a tour, to make sure the amp worked.

My record producer [David Kahne] said the major record labels these days are like dinosaurs sitting around discussing the asteroid. They know it's going to hit. They don't know when, they don't know where it's coming from. But it's sort of hit already. With iTunes, and all of that.

I play to all people, and I play to people not governments, and I believe strongly that all people are peaceful and would want peace.

Some people don't believe in climate warning - like those who don't believe there was a Holocaust.