I've created several musical trends, really. That's not because I'm so far out and fabulous. It's because most bands have no ideas of their own. They're so desperate they'll grab at any old straw.

Every single lyric I've ever written I meant.

Some song ideas absolutely require a kind of rigid discipline, and others require absolute chaotic abandon. The form is only valid if you know how to un-form it. I don't mean to sound like an intellectual here!

I don't mind dancing the robot if the chemicals are ok, but beyond that the robot will not pull my strings.

If I'm left to my own devices, I will be tempted to make the most unlistenable music possible.

I somehow hope - naïve though I may be, utopian, possibly - that my music has some kind of calming effect on the universe, that it's somehow beneficial to people.

The idea of hearing, 'Great gig, man,' one more time just turns my stomach over.