Cardinal rule for all hitters with two strikes on them: Never trust the umpire.

I have never liked Morrissey, and I still don't. I think it's hilarious, actually, what things I've heard about him, what he's really like, and his public persona is so different. He's such an actor.

Reading is something I've really missed, not being able to enter people's worlds.

If I put a value on my music, and no one's prepared to pay that, then more fool me, but the idea that the value is created by the consumer is an idiot plan; it can't work.

Refusing to grow up is like refusing to accept your limitations. That's why I don't think we'll ever grow up.

I lose myself in music because I can't be bothered explaining what I feel to anyone else around me.

A lot of journalists give me a hard time about how I look, but I've never met a journalist I'd rather look like.