It can get boring. Not the playing the songs necessarily, or doing the clothes. You know, you need stimulus.

People say that if you're still angry at 52, you're not an angry young man, just a grumpy old git.

I get labelled as just being about one thing, but there's lots of layers to what I do.

I'm still a mod, I'll always be a mod, you can bury me a mod.

I don't really wanna talk about politics, I'm not clever enough.

In the past we used to come over to see what was going on in London or Paris or Milan or wherever - it's pretty much the same stuff everywhere [now], and people are wearing the same things, because it's all instantaneous with the Internet.

I'd like to think that what I've written over the years and what I'm doing now means something to people. People in the street all the time are saying "love the new record" or "I love that record," this tune or that tune. It means an awful lot, or it's been a big part of their lives. As a songwriter, what else would you really want? You're trying to connect with people, people's emotions, and maybe say something about their lives or feelings. That's probably a good enough compliment to receive, really.