It's not enough to play the old songs; that feels like being your own covers band or something. It's a big release to do new stuff.

You can tell a lot about a person by their handwriting.

I think Julian Casablancas and Amy Winehouse are two contemporaries I envy.

I'm always up for a riot, but now and again, you've gotta put your feet up and enjoy the sunset.

Noel Gallagher is a poet, and Liam is a town crier.

If Oasis is the sound of a council estate singing its heart out, then the Libertines sounded like someone just putting something in the rubbish chute at the back of the estate, trying to work out what day it is.

I remember when I was about 15 and still listened to Pet Shop Boys and Chas And Dave, some lad at school lent me a Blur tape, and it had on it a song called 'Bank Holiday.' I said, 'What's this? I liked that tape, but that one song is a bit fast'. He said, 'Yeah, it's punk. It depends what mood you're in.' And then something sort of clicked in me.

I don't know; we'll see what happens with Brexit. If they make it so that you can't travel any more without a visa, I'm going to have to leave the country, stay in the E.U., and probably change my citizenship.

My brother and I are not rivals. We are shipmates and best friends and the greatest songwriting partnership in the world.