As long as people are listening that's all that matters.

Just start scribbling. The first draft is never your last draft. Nothing you write is by accident.

I usually tell somebody if a song’s for them. I don’t always tell them if it’s about them.

I'm not David Bowie. Who are we kidding? At the end of the day, I'm the same person I've always been. I'm Don Garvey's son from up the road.

Maybe Radiohead and R.E.M. Even a group like the National - artists who have crossed over without compromising. It's a special thing.

We [Elbow] have had some luck with media syncs in film and on TV. We'd love to do a soundtrack with a really cool director.

The British press isn't as vicious as it used to be, and these days it's sort of cool to care again. Everyone loves an everyman anthem.

"Open Arms" has a lot of unison singing in it. And it works: Grown men will come to our gigs and cry during that one.

Life is so beautiful, it dazzles my eyes.

A life without envy, hatred and lies was not a life worth living.

There's no one to mourn for a life that love stole.

I don't mind letting people in a little bit, but I have learned from the past not to talk too much about my relationships and to keep things as private as possible.

It is less important to ask a Christian what he or she believes about the Bible than it is to inquire what he or she does with it.

If you're I politics and you can't tell when you walk into a room who's for you and who's against you, then you're in the wrong line of work.

The most important thing about recovery is to pass the message on.

Making movies is nice, man. A movie with some money behind it? Sweet. So many snacks and stuff. Name-brand. And many different kinds of coffee.

Never try to pull someone up who doesn't want it...they'll just pull you down.

My job is to show and tell. If I get better at showing and telling then presumably I get hired more.