For me, the great thing about music is that anybody can do it..

It’s interesting that most gadgets are called ‘iPhone’ and ‘iPod,’ with that ‘i’ prefix, which is ego. But most creativity is not ego-led – a lot of ….

If you get involved in music expecting to make a living out of it, then you've picked the wrong thing to do. That shouldn't really be in your mind..

The good thing about people really is their iffy-ness and dodginess, isnt it?.

Noise is an easy thing to hide behind. If you make a lot of noise and shout behind that, nobody can tell what you're singing..

I was kind of reared by television, but the BBC, it still had that thing - and people are always invoking that kind of Reithian idea - where you coul….

Its OK to grow up, just as long as you don't grow old. Face it you are young..

In no way am I supporting or suggesting that a Conservative government is a good thing, far from it..

Part of why I started a band was due to feelings of shyness and social ineptitude. I saw it as some way of being able to interact with people from a ….

I love the Internet, but it's hard not to get lost in it. It's not like a book where you start and get to the end. It's like we've found a way to enc….

Everybody's a bit screwed up, you know. You can take it as symptoms of a disorder, or you can take it as personality. Me, I'd rather think it as part….

I've stuck to the same things for twenty years. I try to look like a slightly edgy geography teacher. Like what a geography teacher looked like when ….

I believe that humans adapt to circumstance. The Internet is quite an unprecedented circumstance, so it's going to take people a while to get their h….

Hollywood is called Hollywood, but holly doesn't grow there. Right from the start it's based on a lie. But it's a very seductive lie, and we're still….

I'm always nervous when I perform anyway..

The best thing you can give someone is the freedom to make their own mind up - and then, if it's not working out 5 years later, you can give your opi….

I think the credit crunch is a brilliant thing. We should all stop moaning and start celebrating. When times are tough, it's an opportunity to start ….

Don't think that the things around you don't count, because they do..

I am proud, and more than a little excited, to be asked to work with Faber in an editorial capacity. It is my dearest hope that we will produce some ….

I'm always amazed by people who blog all the time and tweet all the time, and still get things done. I don't know how they do it..

My basic position is that the more mixed the society and the more mobility there is in it, the better. That's what makes things interesting. When you….