All summer long; we'll be playing the festivals. We'll be Reading, we'll be Leeds, we'll be around.

Every time you empty your vessel of that energy, fresh new energy comes flooding in.

Writing music always happened for me in periods when I wasn't under the influence of mind-altering substance.

There was an uncommon array of people in there [rehab] with me, and I became friends with all of them. You recognize the possibility of your own demise in the lives of these other people. You're doing the same thing they are, but you can't see it in yourself. However, you start seeing all of these tragedies and potential miracles in other people. It's a real eye- and heart-opening situation.

You know, I like to climb trees and ride bikes and play.

It didn't matter if I got bitten by a dog or I ripped my pants on the fence post or I poked myself in the eye with a tree branch that I was crawling over, it was all about the shortcut. My whole life I took the shortcut, and I ended up lost.

I find it hard to meet the right woman as people assume I'm a certain type of person - which I'm not.