The working class has been turned into a consuming class - a situation has been created where people value their worth by what they can afford.

Often people poopoo melody as if it's a cheap trick to make people like things, but in my experience it's the hardest part of the tune, to find something that doesn't immediately remind you of something that's happened before.

The most entertaining songs don't always come from a nice place. In songs where I think I'm being really sensitive, they seem quite boring actually. I've found that the songs that come out of nastier, more misanthropic places are better.

You can do anything when you're famous. That's why famous people are so dumb.

I guess I'm fairly insistent and maybe consistent. If I decide I'll do something, I generally will.

I'm always amazed by people who blog all the time and tweet all the time, and still get things done. I don't know how they do it.

I recently spent quite a bit of time in Sheffield, England, which is where I'm from. I wouldn't move back there, but it's funny when you spend a bit of time in the place where you were brought up. You kind of realize how that place has had quite a big effect on you or made you a certain way.