I write songs because that's the thing I chose to do. And I can't help writing them, that's a fact. Sometimes I felt as though you worked to justify your existence, but you don't; you work to exist, and vice versa, and that's it, really.

I figure I've probably got a better chance of coming up with a good Paul McCartney song than Oasis has.

I think the moment you start trying to please a fan base is when you start going downhill. I'm going to always, always write about what I want, even if it doesn't necessarily cater to most of them.

I just want to write songs in my little corner. And I still love music, I've not been worn down by cynicism.

John could write a mean song. He had a lot of venom in him. Whereas I had a happy childhood.

I am such a Luddite when it comes to making music. All I can do is write at the piano.