I guess I've always had such an identity crisis when it comes to other people's understanding of me. I don't feel it in myself but from an outsider's….

People can rock together, people can do great things together, and that's what you love when you're working with characters and it's all going well..

I do really enjoy having a crowd of people out to see me. They really motivate me. I feel really lucky they've come down so I give it what I have got….

The layering of sound is by no means a two-dimensional process. Even though I've been doing it for a number of years, the diversity of it is so intri….

All kinds of music comes out that I'm not prepared for. Some of it is good, some of it rubbish, but I kind of accept it all. That's the nature of str….

It's weird how things are really stop-start in my creative process. I can't just turn it on - it just happens kind of randomly and I've just got to r….

It's really hard to make something that doesn't sound like everything else..

I wanted to make an album that I wanted to put on myself and could listen to again and again. In the past I've done these records that are very in-de….

It always happens around beach resorts, a certain kind of money gravitates to the scene. The gold goes to the water. People love to wear it, show it ….

There's a sense that, on a certain day, you want to destroy everything, even the ones you love. Humans are weird like that. You build an empire and y….

I was not in a good space in my life, emotionally particularly, so I needed to do something to recharge my batteries emotionally and musically. I too….

I just throw myself into a mad frenzy, whip up a storm and see what comes through..

It's a despicable world we're living in now. It's the most disgusting time for music in terms of big wigs, guys who like playing the game. It's hard ….

There's a difference between writing, the written word, and music. When you have the blank page it doesn't make a sound, which is like what happens t….

If a shop has a lot of sections I'll end up putting my record above the James Blunt CDs since he ripped off my bloody artwork and he's selling millio….

You have to sit with the songs until they start to live. Or do things straight-up spontaneously. I set up a beat just like I do in the live show, add….

I really wanted to maintain that bedroom philosophy to creating stuff. I don't believe the hype; I think a great record is because I put a lot of lov….

Improvisation is risky. I like that. Another practical reason for that is that you have to go out and play every day on a tour. I couldn't do it if I….

The most important thing for me - and the thing I get frustrated about when I don't achieve it - is momentum. Sometimes you hit on it quite naturally….

I do my best to make music spontaneously. It's very personal in a way. It's really a direct connection between me and anyone who's watching. I don't ….

Improvisation has been with me since I was a kid, and, taking a selfish pleasure from that, I just thought, "What the hell. It might as well be somet….