Gary Lightbody: 'We've written standards'

Gary Lightbody has accepted the suggestion that his group have written new "standards" of pop music.

The Snow Patrol frontman told The Times that he was flattered when the claim was made by a public figure.

Lightbody said: "[The person,] who shall remain nameless, said a lovely thing to me. He said, 'You've written standards, like Frank Sinatra, the Beatles, that become part of the public consciousness'.

"And even being as modest as we are, we kind of realised that we have. People are singing them on TV reality shows - probably vexing people as much as it enthrals them."

He added: "[That's] part and parcel, isn't it? Every action has its opposite. A million people love you, a million people hate you.

"And ultimately, we are at the beck and call of people buying our records. This is an easily sinkable ship."

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