Quotes

[on songwriting] I just like to personalize it a bit. Most of the names aren't people I've actually known. Maybe I like the idea that some girl called Denise could be listening to the album -- this is just very wishful thinking -- and then suddenly her ears perk up when she hears her name, and she becomes giddy. Maybe I'm just being silly. But it makes me feel warm in a way, because when I sing it I'm thinking about the original person. (2003, interview with Kieran Grant for Jam!Music)

A lot of my songs are about this high school experience that you might see in movies. High school for me was a nightmare. But I have this romantic vision of this ideal place where kids just ride around on bicycles, and they're a gang and they do wacky things together, and it's really sweet and sad. (2003, interview with Kieran Grant for Jam!Music)