There's no drug in the world that can compare with playing music.

Mix your drinks, and it's best not to cry over spilt milk, but put it back in the bottle.

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.

There's a difference between performing in Philadelphia to New York as much as a difference between playing in Luton and playing in San Francisco, y’know what I mean?

I don’t really know what “intellectual” means, but if it means you’ve got a desire to learn, you’ve got a desire to look for things that haven’t been presented to you, then, maybe. I think that “intellectual” is quite an exclusive word. I think it’s just for anyone that has a thirst or a hunger to improve themselves, or a yearning to escape from somewhere to get to a better place.

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.