I think that you have to bear in mind that music is about escape, and it's not unreasonable to think the music business would be based around escapism.

The fact is that you don't want to be away forever, but you want to lead a normal life.

Sarcasm is a Manchester trait.

Nobody is the same. If we were all the same it would be bloody boring.

I think people expect mud at festivals, I think you'd be asking for your money back if you didn't get it.

We've had a problem finding a vocalist. We have not been lucky yet to find the one. I think the problem is that the three of us have such a pedigree of vocalist, that if we come out with someone that's not good we'll obviously be slated!

I suppose in the end it's almost too easy to look back and say what you should have done, how you might have changed things. What's harder - what's much, much harder - is to accept what you actually did do.