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.

All that stuff about flatness - it's this idea that painting is a specialized discipline and that modernist painting increasingly refers to painting and is refining the laws of painting. But who cares about painting? What we care about is that the planet is heating up, species are disappearing, there's war, and there are beautiful girls here in Brooklyn on the avenue and there's food and flowers.

I've had tinnitus for about ten years, and since I started protecting my ears it hasn't got any worse - touch wood.

I have to brush my teeth before I go on stage otherwise I don't feel smart enough.

You gotta wear the right trousers if you're gonna be a rock star.

Everything that's happening to you, is what's suppose to be happening to you. So just relax.

It's more egalitarian on the Internet - anyone can put anything up. But in terms of the money it takes to allow a band to get good, there's less of it to invest.