I think hip-hop has more to do with rock and roll. Kanye West is, in many ways, a rock artist.

The idea of being icons, I think it's great when you're 24. It's fantastic.

There have been times in my life where I was asked to do things and I didn't feel comfortable with it.

What I consider to be the barometer for what is a rock artist and what is not, is somebody who has a certain element of blues, even a hint of soul or blues music, derivative of African-American blues, folk, spiritual, or gospel.

I grew up on North American sports teams as well as English soccer clubs.

I write all the time. The wonderful thing about having a cell phone is that if I get an idea, I knock it out and it's in my phone and I can transfer it to my computer and go into the studio and bring it up.

I'm much more interested in Mike Tyson than I am in Morrissey.