When you're in a young band for the first time, geographically you're in the same place and you tend to go out and socialize. You play more shows, you spend more time together. You're a unit. As you grow older, inevitably you develop a life outside the band. I think it would be tragic if you didn't.

I'm not a morose person; it's just that my best songs reflect on the sadder aspects of life.

I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter. I've got 'musician' written on my passport. That's even funnier.

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

I've never regretted not having children. My mindset in that regard has been constant. I objected to being born, and I refuse to impose life on someone else.

In some cases, I quite like irritating people who need to be irritated.

I really enjoy what I do, and who I'm with and where I am. Having said that, I'm not really a person of habit, because what I do in my job is travel around the world and play concerts to people, and occasionally do very weird things.