I'm a big fan of the American Tapes label. But that's very hard to keep a grip on that because you blink your eyes and they've released three records, all of which are limited edition, all sold at one show. So you have to follow in drips and drops on eBay, which I do.

It's hard to keep your backbone straight in America. It's easy to turn into that which you hate, and to get smashed.

I'm a big Germs fan; most people are.

I listen to blues music a lot and that's a good person feeling bad and celebrating that pain by releasing it in that kind of joyous fashion.

I'm 36 and if I met a woman of my own age and married her, I'd also be marrying her former life, her past. It might be OK for some people - I don't want to judge it or anything - but it's not for me. It would destroy my creativity.

I like the idea of someone else’s love safely sealed in a song or a book.

Youth is fleeting and life is short, you might as well strike hard. Anything else is just average.