I celebrate the spirit of Christmas. It's the winter solstice celebration, rebirth and new possibilities.

Hollywood has this incredible ability to make a lot of noise.

I admire Chris Martin. Coldplay have made some wonderful records for the genre they're involved in, but I would consider them to be more of a pop act. The music is much more cerebral than it is animalistic.

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 don't objectify myself. I hate looking at pictures of myself, they're usually awful.

That's a real sign of the times - can you imagine Nick Cave wearing a hoodie? He may not wear one, but he definitely sells them.

I much prefer being in the studio or on stage and staying out of the mainstream really.