Set your guitars and banjos on fire and before you write a song smoke a pack of whiskey and it'll all take care of itself.

It was disturbing to me that an idea or a song could become something so different from what you originally intended. It's like if a friend took a stupid picture of you at a party on their phone, and the next thing you knew, it was on every billboard.

When I did "Top of the Pops" for the first time, Ace of Base was one of the other bands, and I have a memory of them on a small stage next to me in the TV studio. A memory of their performance is burned into my mind. Seared.

I think trying to be offbeat is the most boring thing possible.

As music becomes more computer-based, it's lost some emotional impact.

Originally, the lyrics to "Girl" were really upbeat, and then it didn't work for me somehow. You need the dichotomy. If you're doing something happy and light, you need the shadows.

The only way I was allowed to play was by convincing bands to let me do a few songs while they set up. That went on for years.