An artist or writer always has to move forward. All the time you're trying to improve yourself, or at least look at ways to improve things or make th….

There's more to distract people, isn't there? When I was a kid there was music and football and clothes. And that was kind of it, really. Those three….

I think the biggest influence for me is when I hear a great piece of music, whatever the style, I'm kind of inspired by that greatness and I'm inspir….

There are areas of music that I've never been to before, so that's always nice thing to have in life. That there are other areas you haven't been to.….

When I listen to a record, or when I'm making a record, I listen to everything. I listen to the drums, the bass, the voice, the arrangement. I listen….

The '40s were quite austere and super glamorous..

I think the world is really small today, and fashion, from that end of it, it's instantaneous everywhere..

I'd like to think that what I've written over the years and what I'm doing now means something to people. People in the street all the time are sayin….

The Beatles changed the world. They certainly changed my world, and many, many other individuals as well..

People say you make your best work when in despair, but I think happiness is a good place to write from..

There's always peripheral things that you like that you don't know, but starting with whatever his British influences are, are some of my favourite a….

When recording, whatever you first think about, you come out with something totally different at the end of it. Whatever plans you have you throw awa….

I'm definitely obsessed about artists and the type of music and the playing and the tone and all that kind of thing - I'm not obsessed about what the….

It can get boring. Not the playing the songs necessarily, or doing the clothes. You know, you need stimulus..

Music's totally eclectic now. I saw a DJ the other day, he was on Virgin radio over here, and he said he played "Going Underground", the Jam song, on….

I'd like to think I've left something in the world. Without in any way trying to be morbid, but life is very short, and I'd like to think I'd leave s….