The most important thing for me - and the thing I get frustrated about when I don't achieve it - is momentum. Sometimes you hit on it quite naturally and other times it's a mad struggle.

I was not in a good space in my life, emotionally particularly, so I needed to do something to recharge my batteries emotionally and musically. I took a break and I learnt software and programming a little bit, and that's how I designed my live machine, which I've been using for years.

People can rock together, people can do great things together, and that's what you love when you're working with characters and it's all going well.

I find it quite difficult to analyze my own motives for things. I tend to go with a gut feeling in the moment.

If a shop has a lot of sections I'll end up putting my record above the James Blunt CDs since he ripped off my bloody artwork and he's selling millions of records! I try to get people to buy mine accidentally.

I'm not the kind of guy who likes to rush things through. I like to take my time and finish when I'm finished.

I really wanted to maintain that bedroom philosophy to creating stuff.