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" I have 3 kids and a cat and a busy, noisy house. I get more time to relax when I'm working. "

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" When a lot of musicians change styles, their songwriting suffers because they want to be different. "

" I don't think people need to know what colour socks I'm wearing today; I don't think people need to know what shower gel I'm using. There's too much information in the world, and there's no magic or mystery anymore. "

" My first instinct when I write songs is not a negative one. It's something positive... Everything I've ever done has some form of hope in it, I think. "

" With every song that I write, I compare it to the Beatles. The thing is, they only got there before me. If I'd been born at the same time as John Lennon, I'd have been up there. "

" Tony Blair is a brilliant politician. Unfortunately, his legacy is entwined with George W. Bush because of Iraq. "

" I'm used to people being a mile away. That suits me. It's more nerve-wracking playing in front of people who are two feet away from me. "

" I love the NFL. I don't have a team per se, but I'm into it. "

" My wife would say I'm not romantic at all, but I would say that I'm the ultimate romancer because I write about... life being brilliant. "

" Producers like to record all the drums first, then they do the bass, then all the guitars, so you're constantly moving from one song to another. "

" Anything that's of any use, famous people get hold of it and take it for themselves and it gets a bad rap. "

" Great music is in the ear of the beholder. "

" I don't have the genetic make up of a frontman, but I'm learning how to do it. "

" People say I seem very negative about new music - well, if somebody asks me what I think of Keane, I'll tell 'em. I don't like 'em. I'll obviously take it a step too far and grossly insult the keyboard player's mam or summat, but I'm afraid that's just me. "

" America is incredibly professional and corporate. "

" There's enough music in the world. There are enough rock stars. "

" You'll find people who rib you about their age are petrified about getting old. It doesn't bother me. "

" When you're in a band and there's five of you, you have to accommodate five people in every song. "

" You can't be a mod and a rocker. You have to choose sides. "

" I've never understood musicians who don't enjoy doing promotional interviews. I just can't believe it. I always think, 'Your life must have been so brilliant before you were in a band.' "

" My kids have got to work themselves around my life, not the other way. That's how kids become brats, if you're there staring at them all the time going, 'Are you alright?' "

" Making records should be fun. "

" Music is a thing that changes people's lives. It has the capacity to make young people's lives better. "

" I'm against people downloading music. "

" I first came to London when I was 22 and working as a roadie. Having watched the 'News At Ten' all my life, I thought Big Ben was going to be massive, but I was underwhelmed. "

" Even in the nineties, when it was mad and there were photographers all around the house, it never occurred to me to send someone else out to get cigarettes. It took me five minutes - went for a walk, gave a wave, went back inside. "

" Every song that I play I wrote by myself. "

" If everyone in the music business were brutally honest about what their intentions were then you could sort things out, but it's all smoke and mirrors. "

" I don't dislike rappers or hip-hop or people who like it. I went to the Def Jam tour in Manchester in the '80s when rap was inspirational. Public Enemy were awesome. But it's all about status and bling now, and it doesn't say anything to me. "