Surely every band wants to be a pivotal point in history.

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

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

I want to change and try new ideas - allowing your sonic identity to evolve in your music and not being afraid of that. You see musicians hit upon something that works, and then go, "Let's keep doing that for 10 years." And that idea kind of terrifies me a little bit. It becomes like a day job then.

Surely every band wants to be a pivotal point in history.

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.

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