As an artist, you're pretty sheltered backstage. You often don't know what's going on out there.

I always wrote about things that were important to me. I think our past success showed that it was also important for a lot of others.

Wherever you look there are inspirations, books, literature, paintings, landscapes, everything. Just living is an inspiration.

I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.

I love seeing the fans of the music that I make.

It's pretty hard to make out what's going to be a commercial success and what's not.

I don't know any musician who got to the top without hard work. Take whoever you want. They all work bloody hard, harder than you think.