Any time anyone says anything nice about me, whether it's Lady Gaga or your neighbor, it's a nice feeling, I'm very grateful for it. It's very helpful for your career. Every time someone says something complimentary it introduces you to their audience. It gives you credibility.

I'm hopeless at small talk and have a problem making eye contact.

I was always a bit different. I had a very happy childhood, but I could never hang on to mates.

I'm very intolerant and I get fed up with people easily.

I'm not good at happy, lightweight kind of music. I'm not really good at pop music. "Cars" is probably the only true pop song I ever wrote. I wish I could write more, but I'm not very good at it.

I want them to play Britney Spears at my funeral. This way I won't feel so bad about being dead, and everyone there will know there is something worse than Death.

Ultravox were the blueprint for what I wanted to do, but I stumbled across them by accident.