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 named my son Noah for the same reason Chris Martin named his apple: we're asses.

I'm terrified of lasagna. I think it was to eat ME!

I don't like old friends talking to me like I'm a pop star, cos it makes me feel like I'm becoming two-dimensional.

In America, there seems to be more focus on the idea that it's important to do things differently. In Britain, it's not an issue.

If I could be any famous person, I'd be John Wilkes Booth, because I'd love to shoot Abraham Lincoln in the face

The thing I remember most about America is that it's silly. That can be quite a relief at times.