I grew up believing that I was fundamentally powerless.

Someone once asked me how the universe was created, I told him it all began with Pablo Honey

If you're bored of the songs, you're bored of the songs. There's not much you can do.

Maybe I'm not the gloaming witches smart, but at least I'm not our stupid liffey hamburger mongrels

Music is more difficult - try naming a political band. The Dead Kennedys. The Dead Kennedys are political, but they are more funny than they are political.

Metaphorically I am made of chairs. It's a metaphor though. That means I am not actually made of the chairs.

Cigarrettes make you look cool