There have always been jokes all over our songs; I originally started writing lyrics to make my friends crack a smile, which is difficult.

There is always that one band that comes along when you are 14 or 15 years old that manages to hit you in just the right way and changes your whole perception of things.

A lot of peopletell me I'm a bit dreamy, but I like the idea of that. Of being somewhere else.

You spend your time thinking about that and you get lost in reflection.

Love's not only blind but deaf.

There's that 15 quid we put on One Direction to win down the drain.

What came first the chicken or the dickhead?

Maybe I'm too busy being yours to fall for somebody new.

I just wanted to do something that would freak people out. That's the best thing to do.

You can't worry what people think.

Every time you write a song, you're looking for some sort of perfection, and you never quite reach it. You're always looking for that extra missing piece.

A wise mother is the unifying force between father and children

Important lessons: look carefully; record what you see. Find a way to make beauty necessary; find a way to make necessity beautiful.

The thing about being a lifelong gamer is that my eye-to-hand reaction time is faster than average. I actually went on a website that tests your reaction time and verified this to my satisfaction.

No Republican has ever won South Carolina and Iowa or New Hampshire, as Trump has, without going on to win the nomination.

All the old fellows stole our best ideas.

Everyone loves winners. You look for things to praise with those you believe in.

There are only three things worthwhile -- fighting, drinking, and making love.

I sometimes truly despair at ever being meaningfully altered and affected by the things I claim are so important to me.

For he that feeds men serveth few; He serves all who dares be true.

There are three things that none of the young men of the present generation can do.They can't sit over their wine;they can't play at wist;and they can't pay a lady a compliment.