There are a million things out there every single day that trigger me - songs, smells, even the season that we're in, fall. Something about the air..

It's pretty easy to lose money on tour - most bands do on their first couple of tours. We're more established, but I think it was just poorly booked.….

My mom worked at [American] Vogue before I was born. She has always been fashion-minded. I grew up with original Yves Saint Laurent sketches on the w….

I've tried to be clear about who I am, and be as open as possible with the press, and speak extremely candidly and openly about stuff. I feel like in….

The idea is: You played to 100 people this week in Europe, and then next week you can play to 200. It's an investment in that territory. But it can l….

I don't think fear necessarily is a core human emotion, but I do think fear of death is something that is at the core of every person's existence..

I didn't want the lyrics to be about specific things in my life, I wanted them to be about generalised experiences I'd had. So when I'm writing about….

I'm glad that, despite everything, I was able to get work done and finish something. I never finish anything. So just being able to finish record and….

What I wanted was just to make music, and so, originally I just wanted to hide behind the album cover of the last record, and I wanted it to be almos….

[YSL creative director] Hedi [Slimane] is a music-obsessed guy. I might've originally met him through Sky..

Music is an opportunity to say every single thing that you want to say. People will pore over whatever you say and however you say it and, for me, it….

It's so easy to hate something. It's harder to genuinely appreciate something..

I don't know if there's anything that would surprise people, because I don't think that anybody knows anything about me at all. There's not much out ….

Obviously there's so much about me on the Internet that you can turn against me, and you can make me into any person you want..

I wouldn't say music is my passion, or my calling, or anything like that. I mean, I don't really believe in that kind of stuff. Life is a series of c….

People are going to be way more patient listening to what I have to say now. I don't have five seconds to get their attention, I have five minutes. T….

Music is much more of a multimedia sort of thing than I expected..

It's totally true: Ariel, Christopher Owens, me, and Courtney Love, all in Saint Laurent ads, all with the same haircut..

You can't show somebody what it's like to experience loss, but you can soundtrack it and help them experience their own loss. I am so lucky to have t….

Three years between records is longer than average. Double albums are much more of a statement. I really wanted to put myself out there as much as I ….

I grew up around fashion - my mom was an editor for Vogue. Compared to the music industry, though, I'd say [fashion] is a little bit more disorganize….