I'm just a public-schoolboy. I've got a degree. I'm from a middle-class family in Devon. I've got no story.

Life is beautiful in all it's colors, even the darker ones, they're here for a reason.

Everything that's happening to you, is what's suppose to be happening to you. So just relax.

Coldplay fans are the best in the world. If you like Coldplay then you're obviously very intelligent and good looking and all-around brilliant.

Nothing matters except life and the love you make.

I think in life everyone needs to be broken in some way.

Men should always change diapers. It's a very rewarding experience. It's mentally cleansing. It's like washing dishes, but imagine if the dishes were your kids, so you really love the dishes.

So what Ghost Stories means to me is like you've got to open yourself up to love and if you really do, of course it will be painful at times, but it will be great at some point.

Life is miraculous, even when it's disastrous, it's still incredible, I'm fascinated with everything, life is fascinating, I'm fascinated by trees and dogs, but no one wants to hear me talk about it.

I've never been cool and I don't really care about being cool. It's just an awful lot of time and hair gel wasted.

In my mind, when God made women, he did an amazing job. I think girls are just perfect.

The decisions you make today, could affect the rest of your life, be wise.

Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing than a long life spent in a miserable way.

Sometimes its odd to interact with someone to whom you purposed.

As an Irish person, there's a historical fascination with America: America is the default green and promised land for Irish people and Italians; that's what we grow up with.

To be born in a duck's nest, in a farmyard, is of no consequence to a bird, if it is hatched from a swan's egg.

I'm a morning person: if I don't get up, put the coffee on and get to my desk by 8, the day has already lost a lot of its promise.

I always write lyrics first and the rhythm and the melody come from the lyrics. It always comes from the lyrics: words have rhythm and words have melody.

Teaching, may I say, is the noblest profession of all in a democracy.

When you are young, you often think that the world spins around you. You think you can do anything, can take the world on your shoulders.