Once you get into the book, you've got to constantly find your - the rhythm of your prose. And it ends up being quite a musical experience either way.

I always look terrible before the show. That's when I feel worst. And after the show it's like a million bucks. Simple as that. You feel a little tired but you never feel better. Nothing makes me feel as good as those hours between when you walk offstage, until I go to bed. That's the hours that I live for.

That's what being a front man is all about - the idea of having something supple underneath you, that machine that roars and can turn on a dime.

My soul is lost, my friend, tell me how do I begin again? My city's in ruins, my city's in ruins.

Work creates an enormous sense of self and I saw that in my mother. She was an enormous, towering figure to me in the best possible way. I picked up a lot of things from her in the way that I work... I also picked up a lot of the failings of when your father doesn't have those things and that results in a house that turns into a minefield.

Two hearts are better than one.

The great challenge of adulthood is holding on to your idealism after you lose your innocence.