The best thing you can give someone is the freedom to make their own mind up - and then, if it's not working out 5 years later, you can give your opinion.

A Conservative government is necessary. There is no credible alternative.

[Jeffrey Lewis is] The best lyricist working in the US today.

I don't really care what someone's background is; creativity can come from any background.

In a song you can kind of stage-manage everything so that it puts you in a good light. And once a song is recorded, it always performs well.

It's weird: The leader of the Conservative Party in England is two years younger than me, and I still don't really feel like a responsible adult.

I don't think people should abuse the fact that they are in showbiz. You still have to be human. I think that's the point. Showbiz is about showing human things - just amplified, that's all. And when it gets too much into, "Hey, we're part of the showbiz club and we can do what we want," it turns me off and I hate it.