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

Being in a band didn't buy me my beans on toast!

A lot of food criticism has a similar flavor to it, and I'm probably going to write about it in a different way.

Boredom or being sick of what you've done before is a big part of being in a band.

Of course, there's a certain type of person who feels that anything which becomes mainstream has to be rejected immediately. And that's part of the indie-alternative snobbery and hierarchy and elitism.

For me upward social mobility is possible through talent and hard work and is a glowing endorsement of the benefits of living in a modern capitalist society. It's not so much evidence of a meritocracy, as evidence of healthy nepotism. Nepotism is at the core of a good group dynamic. A good group dynamic is at the core of rock'n'roll.

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