Visuals are as artistic as sounds, so being serious about both isn't a contradiction to me.

When I met Ronnie Spector, she walked in and said, 'You look like me.'

There's a side to being in a band that some people embrace and some don't: the fact that you're performing and you care about how it comes across.

I get starstruck really easily. I love music so much - it sounds so silly to say that - so if I'm playing a festival and somebody I love, like [Primal Scream's] Bobby Gillespie, is there in the backstage area, I'm like, "Wow this is amazing! There they are!"

I've always admired people with really strong presences and felt that caring about the visual component of what you do is not intrinsically superficial or vain.

It's very expensive to bring a band to New York.

It's very hard to tour.