When someone walks into my room and goes 'wow' at my record collection, at that moment I could actually hate music and just want to go sit in the garden.

You can't live life being afraid, because fear censors ambition.

Break eggs to make omlettes, never be complacent or think 'I've got a career here, I've got to keep it going'.

I love the idea that the person that signs you makes the record, because you get that sense of guidance, of being there at that close point.

Sometimes something has a value, it has an instant quality to it, and that's all it needs to be.

I wish I could do something else, I wish I was an amazing painter or a brain surgeon or something, but it's just what it's been.

If you can't frighten yourself, I don't think you can excite other people. And I like being frightened.