Maybe 'Can't Stop Feeling' and 'Turn It On' we'll just release as singles. It's a thing The Beatles used to do which I really loved, the idea of releasing something as a single completely on its own.

The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, essentially.

People's musical tastes are fickle, and music can be a fashion.

There's a difference between expectations and aspirations.

I want to make music that will make the blood surge in your veins, music that will get people up and dance.

Glasgow's not a media center. When you're there, when you're hanging about, you feel quite detached from musical movements or fashions or anything like that. You do feel quite alone, in a good way.

I'd rather eat a cow-pat on a bun than a bloody McDonalds.

It doesn't matter how adventurous you want to be, you've still got to contain your identity.

Being in a band didn't buy me my beans on toast!

Traditionally, lots of vagrants and unemployable characters wind up working in kitchens.

Men behave very oddly in the company of attractive women.

The most painful moments and memories eventually lead to the greatest strengths and growth in life.

Most men who run down women are running down one woman only.

Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow.

The future's a weirder place than we thought it would be when we were little kids.

DNA is an abbreviation for deoxyribonucleicantidisestablishmentarianism, a complex string of syllables.

We're right now the highest-taxed nation in the world.

Just as a child respects his father even when he perceives his weaknesses and faults, so a German will not despise the old Germany which was once a symbol of greatness to him.

Teaching people skills without giving them a vision for a better future - a vision based on common values - is only training.

People are wiser than we are willing to attribute to them.

You start reading C.S. Lewis, then you’re reading G.K. Chesterton, then you’re a Catholic.