My father slapped my thighs with a variety of meats until I began to cry and sulked in the corner. I later became a musician

My uncle used to sit me on his lap and play "ventriloquist", only I wasn't wearing pants.

I can be very drunk in a club in Oxford on a Monday night and some guy comes up to you and buys you a drink and says that the last record you made changed his life. That means something.

People sometimes say we take things too seriously, but it's the only way you'll get anywhere.

I'd go onstage doing this thing, trying to fill this arena that I can't fill because I don't understand what this is. It's like you're given a job that's beyond you. And it's taken me years to realize what works in those big situations.

I may be a tough fellow but I have a reflective side as well. Reflective as in I'll bash your head in with a ****ing mirror.

How come I end up where I started How come I end up where I belong... You used to be alright What happened?