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.

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

The distance thing is partially due to the fact that I'm pretty shy and I've struggled with extreme stage fright in the past. So I just have to go onstage in a different head space so I'm not as self-aware.

All of my favorite records have vocals high in the mix, even if it's music that wasn't necessarily mainstream.

I'm really lucky I'm still around. Everybody expected me to die next... But it was always someone else instead of me.

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.