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

What makes us a bit nervous is, in this instant age, to release something that might take more than one listen. Where everything is instantly judged on YouTube or something! It's a bit like releasing a horse and cart on a racetrack.

So I have probably 1,200 little bits of paper with notes, which when the Ambien really starts to kick in, don't really make much sense. Say what you like about prescription drugs, but they do help when you're sequencing a record.

I think in life everyone needs to be broken in some way.

Before our albums are released I feel like we still own it, that we have control over our music. But once it's out there in the world it's no longer ours.

When I'm 40, too old to be a rock star, I plan to go back to college to study classical music.

Life is miraculous, even when it's disastrous, it's still incredible, I'm fascinated with everything, life is fascinating, I'm fascinated by trees and dogs, but no one wants to hear me talk about it.