I don't do interviews at all when I'm on tour, so this time, on a day off, I'll do that kind of thing a little bit. I don't do big promotion schedules, not when I'm touring.

Words can be very powerful. I find them very difficult.

I can't drink a wine if it has an ugly label.

It's not a very high failure rate if you choose people that you really like the sound of.

Women! I have no idea. I don't know anything about women at all. They're a complete mystery to me.

I like to piece together different guitarists, unlikely bedfellows. You have Jonny Greenwood playing next to Nile Rodgers on the same track, so it becomes like an orchestra of sounds.

I've done shows with orchestras, and I like writing with orchestras.