I'm not going to play lead guitar in a concert hall full of people, because I'm going to mess up a lot.

I'm not melancholy; I'm a happy-go-lucky person, kind of silly. I like funny things. I have a lot of energy. I tend to like music that's mellow, though.

When something's ending, you go through so many phases, and it can be frustrating. But once you're out on the other side, it's like you can really see all the crazy phases you went through.

I became a musician so I wouldn't have to get up at 6 in the morning.

I'm not planning to jump off a bridge with no bungee.

All is fair in love and songwriting.

Don't go chasing after butterflies, when everything you want is right by your side.

If I make a record I love, then somebody will like it. Maybe not everybody, but that won't matter.

I think it's important for people who love music to retain physical CDs or even vinyl, because it sounds so great and so much warmer than music over the internet.

Nobody can tell you you're wrong for writing a song about how you feel - even if you don't really feel that way.

I love my dad and we have a very good relationship now.

No matter what God's power may be, the first aspect of God is never that of the absolute Master, the Almighty. It is that of the God who puts himself on our human level and limits himself.

Humor was a good way to hide the pain.

Life is BETTER when you're SMILING!

When a man has lost all happiness he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.

I don't like to play above or below people's heads. Basically, I just like to get up in front of a crowd and rip it up.

Immigrants provide skills that we simply cannot afford to do without. They have contributed hugely to Britain's success.

You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it.

I'm married, I've been married to the same woman for - well, I've been with the same woman for close to...long enough to fool around.

Any action is better than no action at all.

Algy, you always adopt a strictly immoral attitude towards life. You are not quite old enough to do that.