All of my favourite albums have this incredible amount of conceptual glue to them, even if they are not telling a story.

It takes a while to tell stories, I think it's because I was drunk for three years.

If you chase the art, you really can't fail because you'll always be able to look at yourself in the mirror. And that's not about making angry decisions, either, it's about always doing the right thing for you, your fans and your art.

It'd be cool to be a vampire. Vampires are the best beast you can ever be. Call me egotistical, but I love the whole idea of immortality.

The plan was that I was going to do comics, and then the music just cam up in my life and was a detour.

Your connection to other people keeps you human, and that connection, staying human - that's what you have against control. It's like if somebody is being controlled by their job, the connection is to their family. And if they stay connected to those people, the job will never really have control over them.

Those guys who want to have the Mohawk...which, to me, is the new business casual.