James Righton

“The human race only ever realises how serious things are when it's at your door.”

“Moon's' a good movie.”

“Keira was in America when we were having our moment in the sun in the U.K., so she was oblivious. But over the years, she came to loads of gigs and loved 'Surfing the Void.'”

“I remember feeling incredibly bored all the time, and I spent a lot of my time dreaming about what was going on in London, and fantasising about being there.”

“The most sacred thing is our family and our daughter and each other, everything else matters, but it doesn't really matter.”

“We like music, we pretty much collect it, but I'm not geeky about it, although I'm usually in the record shop nearly every day.”

“I'm less self-consumed, less narcissistic, I'm more selfless, more considerate. I've just grown up. It's a slow growth, because I was in a band for ten years. I was given the card to be able to live an adolescent life forever. You're celebrated, the more of a child you are.”

“We didn't want to be a po-faced, dull band - we wanted to have fun.”

“The Smiths did that well, putting words in pop songs you wouldn't hear anywhere else.”

“It's fair to say I'm becoming addicted to endorphins.”