It creates a conflict of interest - what songs would I use for me, and what would I use for the band.

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.

People are People still gets played to death on '80s stations. It was our first big break in America. It's not exactly my favorite song.

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

I didn't write songs for a very long time.

I want people to feel good about listening to this [Delta Machine] record, to get some kind of peace. It's just got something magical about it.