Music should be universal. My life perspective, my lifestyle - I'm not going to impose that on the people that listen to my music. That's kind of a perverse form of snobbery I like to reject.

A lot of bands have the enthusiasm kicked out of them by playing really dreary pub venues that just churn bands through.

It's very rare that a song falls from your mind complete.

I think in the world of indie music there's this sort of false modesty.

The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, essentially.

People's musical tastes are fickle, and music can be a fashion.

I have always been fascinated by the concept of the villain and the hero being in one person.