We only came up with the Kaiser Chiefs about a year and a half ago when we scrapped every song we'd ever done. It was a complete change of direction, songs, outlook and everything.

Someone suggested the Kaiser Chiefs while we were looking for a band name. We had so many ideas ourselves, at least one of us had said no to every idea except Kaiser Chiefs.

There's not much radio in the UK, really. In America, you're in a car, factory, wherever, and you turn the dial on the radio, and can hear about a million stations. Hardly any in England.

Black as the night.Black as the depths.Black as your heart.Where your hatred's at rest.

Only beards can't make you count as a man, you need to have respect for women in your heart for that.

Creativity is magic in the making.

Your most important gear is your eye, heart and soul.

It's never really fun to have to cry in a scene or anything like that.

Worry not that no one knows you; seek to be worth knowing.

Neglect of duty does not cease, by repetition, to be neglect of duty.

The sinews of war are not gold, but good soldiers.

You can't TV surf without coming across an Andy of Mayberry episode where you've just got to watch Don as Barney. And that's why I put Don in several of my movies.

The dog who doesn't bark is about a silence that speaks; it is a good metaphor for the Pariah voice, the dog's voice, that we can sometimes hear only when it does not speak.