Alex Turner

“I am a romantic fool, no doubt about that.”

“There's something to be said for writing in the morning. At other points in the day, you're a bit more defensive.”

“I like The Four Freshmen, anything with good harmonies, some Beach Boys. I like the girl groups as well, like The Dixie Cups and all that.”

“The first time I went to New York, it was really exciting, and I thought, given half the chance, it would be nice to live there - the same with London.”

“I'm like the Ben Affleck of crowd surfing.”

“I'm not really one for collaborations, to be quite honest.”

“You don't meet that many people that you can talk about Roots Manuva with, but that was my favorite in school, this record of his called 'Run Come Save Me.' When I first started writing lyrics, it came from that.”

“Every time you write a song, you're looking for some sort of perfection, and you never quite reach it. You're always looking for that extra missing piece.”

“Rock n' roll seems like it's faded away sometimes, but it will never die.”

“I think I'm alright as a lyricist, you know? But then what will happen every couple of months or so is that I'll hear a song I've never heard before and feel I've gone right back to square one.”

“I know my lyrics might be weird to some, but they're not like that to me because I know where they come from - I know the secret.”