I sit down and create atmospheres, start playing guitar or piano and just sing whatever comes out of my mouth.

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

Once I'd chosen the songs, it seemed like it would just be a question then of recording them. But it's a case of trying to re-invent the songs; taking them in different directions.

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 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.

If you repeat yourself, then I think you're in danger of losing that fan base, because if you're not interesting yourselves, you're not interesting your audience.

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.