The internet did not exist when I started out, the fact that bands can build a website and get all their information out there is really helpful. If you really love to play, I would say to keep doing it, because it's what you love and what you have to do.

I'm not necessarily intimidated by really jocky guys. I can talk football with them, you know what I mean?

I wanted to be an actor, an astrologer, an astronaut; a lot of different things were going through my mind. But I also wanted to play guitar. I mentioned to my parents that I wanted an electric guitar for Christmas. They got me one! I sat there all Christmas morning making a lot of loud horrible noise.

A girl can do what she wants to do / And that's what I'm gonna do.

Anyone who wants to know who I am can just read my lyrics - I've always written about who I am.

Even though everybody's lives are different, in general we're all human beings, and we go through the same things: disappointments, the pleasures of life, life and death. That's always been a really big part of the show to me, making sure the audience feels connected, and that carries through to the album.

Girls have got balls. They're just a little higher up, that's all.