It's weird for me to try and write punk songs - I'm almost scared of it.

No one wants to be some guy who puts records out about how good it is. That seems quite arrogant.

Just getting out of your town seems to be a pervasive thing in England. But I don't want to keep grinding the axe forever, it's boring.

I understand why there's a natural suspicion of the "Next Big British Band."

When I was growing up in Wakefield in the 90s I would get in fights for carrying a guitar around.

You CAN have it all. Sometimes it just takes a little time to figure out your strategy to get there.

Well, bloody noses." I hug his coat tighter. "Those are definitely hot.

I'm sure they didn't notice anything but you. You should wear flames more often, " he says. "They suit you.

We must provide all kinds of freedom, personal and economic, to all Iraqis. I will fight for that.

There's nothing better than listening to music that compliments my mood.

Each book has been different and has been challenging in its own way to write.

I think we should want all of our cities to become more compassionate places, frankly.

Give your freedom to someone or to something and then look at yourself what have you got? I tell you, you've got nothing left!

Wars are often waged not because of what we believe, but because of the things we want others to believe.

History is the enactment of ritual on a permanent and universal stage; and its perpetual commemoration.