I read the interview and I think it is a simple translation, as if it is translated with google.
But some new ideas are there (for me: new):
Seattle: he heard a couple fighting in a restaurant, while he was watching a football-game with Arsenal , it was about bursted dreams (the couple-fight) , and then he wrote the song
And he mentioned men with muscles who have tears in their eyes in a concert...
And he said about success :
he is going since years in a restaurant for breakfast and is NEVER asked for his music, his fame ..that is sucsess
