Being In A Band Didn't Buy Me

You Can't Write For The Cultural Environment - If You Do That, By The Time It Comes Out, That Cultural Environment Has Passed. You Have To Be Aiming For Something That's Original - That's The Only Way You Can Have Any Kind Of Impact.

There's A Character That I Play Onstage, And I Can't Let Him Loose In The Supermarket When I'm Buying My Beans On Toast.

Ambition Is Sneered At By Some Bands. It Seems Like A Pretty Good Thing To Me.

You're Letting Such A Fragile Side Of Yourself Out When You're Creating Or Writing Music. To Do That With People Who Are Almost Strangers Would Seem Very Strange To Me. I Think That We're Very Lucky That We're Quite Close. To Us, It's Almost Like The Band Is The Grandest Possible Adventure You Can Go On With Your Friends. It's Really Really Exciting.

If I Was A Fan Of Someone As A Teenager, Then It's Ok For Me To Feel Completely In Awe When I Meet Them.