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.

The thing about us is we're honest. If we're asked whether we take drugs, we say yes. I was brought up by my mam not to be a liar.

Americans are crazy. They have this fascination with throwing their shoes on stage. I've been to a lot of shows in me life, some good and some bad. But I was never moved to take off me shoes and throw it at the lead singer.

If I were in the Beatles, I'd be a good George Harrison.

I've always been into guitars... we want to put keyboards on, but keyboard players don't look cool onstage, they just keep their heads down. There has never been a cool keyboard player, apart from Elton John.

I'm a happy-go-lucky character. I'm not that miserable. But I can never let anyone into my world.