I write songs because I have to write them, and if I didn't I'd be doing some other kind of music that didn't require a song.

I don’t pay attention to the world. I just have the art I like and the music I like and for me that’s the whole world

Music is my life. The things that people do don't seem interesting to me at all - going out to bars, carrying on, going to parties. What the hell do people do? Shop? Play golf? Have vacations? That doesn't seem interesting to me. To me, my job as a musician is to be a good receptor. A lot of music comes through me.

Even if my songs are a bit low-spirited, they make me happy. I become happy when I hear sad songs. When you sing about sad things in a beautiful way, the atmosphere turns upside down

Right now my taste is going more for things that are organic where the people are using all the sonic possibilities in interesting ways.

It's my dream to make music that can make people feel like they're flying

I wanted all my solos to be something you could sing along with