But when you get music and words together, that can be a very powerful thing.

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.

Sometimes you're quite fortunate, being on the stage, getting to meet people like Salvador Dali.

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.

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

It must be really hard to be starting out in music now.

In New York, you couldn't wish for a nicer audience, or in L.A., Chicago, Boston. But when you get into secondary markets, they don't have a clue.