If you took music out of my life, I don't know what I'd do. It's the one thing that I have a real passion for.

When I write love songs, people think they're really soppy - but I see love as a consolation for the boredom of life.

If you go into the eastern bloc countries we are huge, and in Russia. Maybe there is something about the depressing nature of our music and lyrics that some people find an affinity with.

I think being in a band is probably the only job when you're actively encouraged to be out of it most of the time.

I always hate explaining away songs, because for me they mean something, and for other people, they'll mean something absolutely different.

I love being in the studio. If I'm at home, I will go to the studio pretty much every day anyway. It's just something that I like to do.

I do a cover of a Velvet Underground song, and they were one of the most important bands, for me.