I've always known I'm incredibly special. All my life. You know? It's not a big deal.

If punk was about getting rid of hippies, then I'm getting rid of grunge.

I'm slightly ambivalent to the whole relationship between the whole advertising world and music. I think sometimes it works and sometimes it's a really bad mismatch. I think on this occasion its fine because the iPod is like your own mini-library and that can't be a bad thing. It promotes eclecticism and that's very much what we are about so it's a good relationship.

I was naive enough to believe it would be enough to replace the government. Well, I made fun of the people in the government and then realized that even if we got rid of them, they were replaced by exactly the same guys.

I was approached by Oxfam to go to Mali as their ambassador and get involved in their various initiatives out there. But I felt that was missing the point of using me, a musician

Every time I go to Africa, I see the future. I see what the Western world is going to become. It's a very futuristic place.

More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.