I try to get a degree of realism in my music.

I don't write poems and put them to music. Just let things flow.

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

I don't like to think 10 years down the road.

England never felt claustrophobic for me at all. I think it would feel more difficult for me if I lived in mainland Europe. America I think is really easy because Los Angeles has film stars everywhere and musicians and Santa Barbara a lot of people have homes there even if they don't live there. You are kind of inconsequential, no one cares.

When people meet me I think they're surprised to find out I'm not always angst-ridden.