Celebrity culture has gone crazy, and I think the reason is that real news is just not bearable, and it also seems impossible to change anything.

I never talk about my wife: we're both in public professions but we try to keep our private life private.

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.

If your wife went out with Brad Pitt, you'd want to prove yourself, you know what I mean?

I think shareholders are the great evil of this modern world.

It's difficult when you're successful, to admit that you need help.

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.