We learn to beat fear by doing.

There aren't that many things left that haven't already been done, especially with music. I'm interested in ideas that can shake us all up.

When you put something out there into the world, there's all these words you don't want to hear, that you hope people don't say. I don't like anything that starts with 're' - like retro, reinvent, recreate - I hate that. It's always like living in the past - copying, emulating.

As an artist, you take things from your environment, and there's going to be a style coming out of your environment.

Life is simple unless we find a way to make it complicated.

I love the Arctic Monkeys . Who doesn't? I'd love to see them live, but haven't got round to it yet. I never get to see bands because I'm never in the same town for more than two seconds.

Relationships of any kind are powerful, and they always influence an artist. It's inescapable.