The saddest thing is that when I sat down to rehearse for the Pixies, I couldn't believe that I had given up something that I loved. Now I hold the drum at night and I want to go to bed with it.

The song I like to do is 'Dead.' I'm constantly playing that one.

Here is my theory on this one. If you write things down, if there is a mystery and you try and explain it, once you've written it down for permanent, in due time, it'll be proven stupid.

Just trying to be different - when I hear something - I don't like to go trampling on other people's sounds.

Doolittle was a major influence on the Seattle grunge scene, which emerged in the early 1990s.

I can hardly understand the Australian accent.

I have to say, I have an affinity for Bossanova. It's very warm-sounding to me - lush and simple. I like that.