Even that word depends on what you mean by pop. I mean, pop music has currency. It could just be about that girl who's in love with you.

I feel that's important that I have some place to go that isn't on the cover of a magazine. I signed up to make music.

I never saw the point in listening to only one thing. The low art/high art distinction comes from the establishment telling me how I'm supposed to think.

I think Paris Hilton is really our generation's Marilyn Monroe. She's the image of the youth today. There's a real fascination with Paris, ranging on the obsessive. I'm repulsed by her, but because of her notoriety, she has access to an audience.

There's so much that you can do if you mimic your style to a drum machine. I think that's far more exciting.

It's frustrating that people attribute something to certain songs and that's not what they're about at all.

I'm finding it hard to listen to other rock bands. It's been hard for me for a long time, but now I can't listen to any new bands at all.