When I play myself, I want to be a slightly better person. It just agrees. Everything I play about myself is kind of true, but it's amplified. We all edit, don't we? If you're self-aware, you stop yourself - you know how to behave properly.

If the person who can effectively sanction ill-conceived wars can play the electric guitar, which is a symbol of rebellion, then that whole worldview becomes confused.

I'm 47, my girlfriend's 33; she's 14 years younger than me: Back of the net!

I'm not elitist. I like to do crowd-pleasing stuff which is a bit smart, but is just about belly laughs.

What I don't like is dance music or hip hop or any of that sort of thing.

No one has a monopoly on wisdom, and even for people who aren't religious, you can learn things from religious people.

London audiences are tricky, too. They don't laugh as much as the Northern audiences because, and I hate to say this, they are a bit cleverer normally, and they are picking up on all the little details and listening more carefully.