'Each man kills the things he loves'. I recognise that in myself, in relationships, even with guitars, beautiful things that I've had and wilfully destroyed.

I don't really deal with the attention I receive to be honest. I build up a fantasy world around me that I inhabit. I cherry pick elements of literature, music, film, history and art, then weave them together to construct a fantasy reality to live in. It doesn't always work out though, I got evicted from my own fantasy once, which was quite embarrassing.

I fall in love with Britain every day, with bridges, buses, blue skies... but it’s a brutal world, man.

I’m not saying that maybe there isn’t a kid out there whose behavior hasn’t been influenced by me in some way. I’m sure there is. But I can only speak for myself, and if you’d asked if my behavior had ever been affected by people I’d admired from afar, like musicians or footballers, that’d be a yes, totally.

If you've lost your faith in love and music, Oh the end won't be long...

I have a very bad relationship with the future. We don't get on. We just ignore each other.

No one comes up to me asking for a crack dealer's number. People come up to me to talk about lyrics, about music, about the band.