I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass.

Technology has altered the way music sounds, how it’s composed and how we experience it. It has also flooded the world with music. The world is awash with (mostly) recorded sounds. We used to have to pay for music or make it ourselves; playing, hearing and experiencing it was exceptional, a rare and special experience. Now hearing it is ubiquitous, and silence is the rarity that we pay for and savor.

Punk was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style.

It's not always been a happy marriage. I guess I wanted a quick fix.

Things fall apart, it's scientific.

Rich people will travel great distances to look at poor people.

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