All the children of America, up to age seven or eight or nine or ten - they're really great artists. So here we've got this amazing work that very few people pay any attention to, and it's not valued by the culture.

Being such a big band is never a problem but it can be distracting.

The idea of Ghost Stories is how to turn something bad into something that gives you an uplift.

I'm not an old-fashioned, booze-and-drugs rock 'n' roller. For me, rock 'n' roll is all about doing whatever you want. It's about defying convention and being who you are. I'd rather go swimming or running or kite flying.

You can never say you're big - I don't think you can ever take anything like that for granted.

When you're on your fifth album, you are going to be judged against all your previous work and expectations.

I'd rather be a comma than a full stop.