I think it's really hard to make songs that pursue an agenda. You can kind of do it a little bit through a character, so the character gives voice to something or their story, the story of the character tells you something, but, for me anyway, it's really hard to write directly about politics.

I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching.

Software constraints are only confining if you use them for what they're intended to be used for.

I like a good story and I also like staring at the sea-- do I have to choose between the two?

Physical contact is a human necessity.

This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around.

That's the thing about pictures: they seduce you.