On the one hand, rock is so predictable, but at the same time, the basic idea that an artist can cut through everything and make something that they believe in or make something that they love or speaks to them personally, that it can cut through the bullshit. But at the same time, the cliches of sincerity can kill that.

I think a lot of people misinterpret what I'm doing because they think of it as just a joke or they think of it as disposable.

If you want to make something that's aggressive and challenging and peculiar and strange and trying to step outside of a traditional approach, some people aren't going to like it.

If something was confusing or difficult, then it was a positive thing. Confusion is a positive.

I listen to nothing or classical music just because after being in the studio for twelve hours, the last thing you want to do is listen to anything.

Hip-hop is interesting, but American pop music doesn't have the kind of diversity that the UK does.

I liked it when there was a certain amount of people who did not like what I was doing. If anything, I thought that was a positive thing.