What in the world would I sing for if I had it all?

My reaction to Radiohead isn't as simple as jealousy. Jealousy just burns; Radiohead infuriate me. But if it were only that, I wouldn't go back and listen to those records again and again. Listening to Radiohead makes me fell like I'm a Salieri to their Mozart. Yorke's lyrics make me want to give up. I could never in my wildest dreams find something as beautiful as they find for a single song - let alone album after album.

I don't think socialism, and I don't think warmness and respect are necessarily bad words.

Why won't you run in the rain and play, let the tears splash all over you?

We give the podium to a lot of people who shouldn't have the podium. The message that's delivered the loudest and in the most entertaining way is the one that we're going to put on because that's what we want. We want ratings more than we want to deliver information. That's just where the culture's gotten.

I hope that just what I sing about and how I relate to my audience is as much of a political statement as I need to make.

My songs are like a three-legged dog - you have to get to know them to have any love for them.