There's so much to be said for making your guitar sound like a synthesizer and try to make your drummer sound like a drum machine.

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.

You want to reach people on a real level and have a fan base that understands you.

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

Patriotism is a joke in the UK.

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