Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but I could never quite pull it off.

Much as I love the northeast, I didn't want to spend my life there. I wanted to experiment. Savour everything you can while you're here! Touring, seeing the world... That in itself gives you a different perspective.

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

It's nice to know that there are several different avenues I could pursue.

I don't really have a great deal of spare time. I still have a house in the country, but I'm in London 90 percent of the time.

But when I started writing songs, I stopped painting completely, and the only art things I do are connected to the career, like album sleeves and, to some extent, posters and things like that.

I like L.A., but I shouldn't live there.