From a very young age, I was the kind of kid you can just put anywhere and I'd still find stuff to be stoked about.

I couldn't name more than a couple of good drum'n'bass acts, and I have no idea what's big in the dance world right now.

People say friends don't destroy one another. What do they know about friends?

I think I read too much Arthur Conan Doyle when I was young, and got this idea that a gentleman should know a lot about one thing and plenty about most everything else.

I crave music that'll sort of hurtle me into space and release me up there.

This is why people cry at the movies: because everybody’s doomed. No one in a movie can help themselves in any way. Their fate has already staked its claim on them from the moment they appear onscreen.

The studio's a collaborative environment. I just try to let people bring their own ideas to the songs and see what happens.