I don't really want to talk about the Pistols. It's depressing. It's morbid. It happened, and that's all.

I love America. I love Americans.

Live music is healthy.

I love a bit of flag-waving.

When you grew up like me and my four brothers, you end up feeling somewhat inadequate, like somehow you don't count. I was very ill as a child and in and out of hospital. That sort of alienates you, and in my songs I put that to good use.

I’m aware of my songs. I’m aware of them because they’re about true emotions, true feelings, things that matter.

Do what I want, be honest to myself and then it would do good for others, that’s all, full on.

It’s a repressive society where you can’t be horrible, I’m not horrible, they made me horrible, I’m just honest.

If you ever want to know why I’m not on a record label, look at ‘The X Factor!’ Honestly, of all the people that strive to break barriers in music and do good things and write great lyrics, not one of them would ever pass the first round on any of these competitions.

I don’t release records to be anything but enjoyable.