There's so much to be said for making your guitar sound like a synthesizer and try to make your drummer sound like a drum machine..

Even that word depends on what you mean by pop. I mean, pop music has currency. It could just be about that girl who's in love with you..

You want to reach people on a real level and have a fan base that understands you..

After a while, you start to believe that your opinions are more valid than everyone else's. It can be hard to be humble about making really good musi….

Everyone tries to research your background. I have a real fear of celebrity and exposing my real self..

It's frustrating that people attribute something to certain songs and that's not what they're about at all..

Youth is so cynical. There's never anything to believe in as a teen..

Patriotism is a joke in the UK..

You can't help hearing things that are popular when you're young and impressionable..

I never understood the low art/high art distinction..

I never saw the point in listening to only one thing. The low art/high art distinction comes from the establishment telling me how I'm supposed to th….

I think there's real currency in pop culture..

I have a real problem with rock music because it seems that lineage doesn't really exist..

The live experience and the recorded experience are totally different. When you're recording an album, you won't be able to immerse people in sound. ….

When you grow up, you're told that rock 'n' roll is the only authentic way to express yourself. Live instrumentation, singer, live drums. You're told….

I'm finding it hard to listen to other rock bands. It's been hard for me for a long time, but now I can't listen to any new bands at all..

There's so much that you can do if you mimic your style to a drum machine. I think that's far more exciting..

There's too much rock that relies a fetishism or nostalgia for the old ways. That's a real enemy to music..

I want the words to be read in conjunction with the music..

I think Paris Hilton is really our generation's Marilyn Monroe. She's the image of the youth today. There's a real fascination with Paris, ranging on….

I don't really believe in the use of drum machines live..