You get caught up in a cycle at some point, so I broke the cycle and decided; I'm going to really write a lot of books, because I need to get in touch with that part of myself in order to make more music.

I didn't want to say anything. I liked Star Wars when I was ten.

I am living proof that no matter how bad life gets, it gets better.

Rock'n'roll is not red carpets and MySpace friends, rock'n'roll is dangerous and should piss people off

As soon as I go into a Starbucks I take off my sunglasses. I want to be recognised and I want free coffee.

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

Oh how wrong we were to think immortality meant never dying