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

Music is split up now into little pockets.

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

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

I know being on a major label is meant to be antiquated, but we're fine with it.