I enjoy making solo albums because over the years it's evolved into more of a genuine personal expression of story-telling and day dreams, and I work in a way that has more control.

I think the best way to find out about something is to try to do it to the max. A lot of people take up a hobby or sport and then find an excuse not to carry on with it. Once I start something, I won't stop until I'm as good at it as I'll ever be.

Tyranny of freedom is do what you like. There's a world gone crazy, cause it can't say no.

I've been to the Reading festival twice before-as a punter, though I stayed backstage in the hospitality tent!

When you cut human beings down to size, we're really quite simple creatures; food, shelter, warmth, light, heat and you build it up from there really until you finally go Gucci shoes or whatever it is or whatever your consumer desires are. All those desires are ultimately, they're about gratification.

I guess that the salary that they get when they are working with me is, like, it beats working at McDonalds, so it has got some things going for it.

There are basically two categories of music: Metal and bullshit.