It's fine to indulge yourself so long as you don't try and foist it on the rest of the world.

You can't write for the cultural environment - if you do that, by the time it comes out, that cultural environment has passed. You have to be aiming for something that's original - that's the only way you can have any kind of impact.

Although they might not admit it, I think girls are very aware of the impact that they're having. But they never feel it themselves, and it's impossible to explain. It's like trying to tell a blind person what yellow is.

Anyone can play an instrument if you show them how to move their limbs, lips or fingers the right way. It's irrelevant. What is relevant is personality, energy, creativity and disturbing sense of humour.

It's fine to indulge yourself so long as you don't try and foist it on the rest of the world.

I think a lot of bands are creatively knackered when they come off tour.

The internet is like a gossipy girls' locker room after school, isn't it?