I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.

What I see in a lot of music movies, or rock 'n' roll movies, that feature a band is that they're lip-synching.

With the video for Boulevard of Broken Dreams we were going for something a bit like Ladykillers, you know? Pretty and demented at the same time...like me!

There were a couple of times, leading up to shooting [Ordinary World], where I was like, "Oh, my god, what did I get myself into? Hopefully, I don't ruin this guy's precious script." And then, after a couple of days of shooting, I started getting in the groove of it and it was really fun. I love being a rookie at stuff. It makes it feel vital. I love doing things I've never done before, and I love making stuff.

The fact that I was taking naps in churches, in between takes of the [Ordinary World], and there was that guerilla style of filmmaking, I felt more at home with that.

I have no idea where my career is going. I just make the best music that I possibly can.

I'm not going to conform to some consumer need.