I get really affected by songs as a music listener - they mean so much and they feel so significant.

When I got into rap I didn't exactly win any popularity contests. I called myself Dee Dee King, after B.B. King, to the total dismay of my fellow Ramones.

I like California a lot more than New York these days.

I think the Internet shortens the distance between people, and that can often lead to inappropriateness.

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!"

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

I've always liked extreme performers; I don't think I am one, but my mentality is in line with that.