Surely every band wants to be a pivotal point in history.

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 best blessing that you can give is your beautiful smile.

God knows our situation

Going up the mast is one of the most dangerous things you can do as a solo sailor.

If you've become a huge act and you're still doing the same music you wrote with your friends when you were making zero dollars, you're lazy.

Being a critic is a terrific method for killing your love of art.

My favourite sport at school was rugby. All sports are teamwork, but rugby particularly is about teamwork and I think teamwork is the essence of this.

Don't take life so seriously. Have fun. Enjoy your time on this planet. Try new things, go on adventures, and appreciate every little thing because it may not be as little as you might think.

I feel, as a person, very uninteresting.

I knew nothing about farce until I read Puce a l'Oreille, and had no idea what a deadly serious business it is.

Now Listen You know I work so hard, all day long Everything I try to do, Seem to always turn out wrong That's why I wanna stop by on my way home and say Let's go get stoned