I don't really look at the charts at all. If anything, I try to out-do what I've done before. I try to make music that I like and I trust my own judgement with what will work with a wider audience. If you compare yourself to the charts, you lose perspective on what you're doing and why you're doing it.

When I started working on electronic music, that was after the rave period. I haven't even seen that part of it that much.

I have a hard time writing music when I'm on tour.

I think I am a pretty good judge of character in general and try to surround myself with the best people I can.

I would never lay down a pre-programmed set and perform to a pre-mixed CD; I would never cheat my fans like that.

I grew up listening to a lot of Ray Charles and '60s rock, thanks to my father, and then my brothers got me in to KISS and whatnot, so I guess that's where I got my first taste for music.

I tried carrying the weight of the world. But I only have two hands.