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

I'm really excited about the remixes. I've always been a fan of electronic music and I'm thinking about that very seriously for the next record as well.

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 have a real problem with rock music because it seems that lineage doesn't really exist.

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.

Nobody starts a band to make friends; you do it because of the music.

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.