I don't really believe in the use of drum machines live.

Everyone tries to research your background. I have a real fear of celebrity and exposing my real self.

I'm not excited when bands strip things down. I'm not excited by the White Stripes.

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.

The live experience and the recorded experience are totally different. When you're recording an album, you won't be able to immerse people in sound. When you play live, you want to grab people on the visceral level. They're completely different.

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.

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