I think it would be nice to be a prince.

Initially, I was very much concerned with having absolute control. But as time has gone by, I'm not. I mean, the whole first record was really just how I spent my free time: stoned and drinking coffee in my house, spending three hours on a song.

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 like the guitar better these days. I like the bass, too, but it's hard to fit a bass amp in a small car.

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 just being able to write songs I'm proud of and finding some women to play with is exciting.

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