I suppose I view my behavior in such a unique way. I frame it as an artist and maybe kind of make excuses for it. I suppose I romanticize my own life when I write. I always try to think whether it actually is quite romantic.

We try to make the sound hold as much relevance as it does on the record you know, we don't try and interpret it in a different way.

I’ve always tried to find God in lots of different things, whether that’s been drugs, women, etc, etc… But all those things are tangible and they exist and you can see them and you can feel them. Music doesn’t exist, physically. Yet is commands ever facet of my personality and it has the power to command people how to feel on a physical level, uncontrollably. And I find that so fascinating.

Everything that we've ever done has led up to this moment, so I presume there's a certain intricacy in that.

I think the less individuality you portray... not individuality but like the more solidarity you have the better.

I like the idea of characters without shame, who hold nothing back.

We had this realisation that we'd sort of travelled from my bedroom to America and all these people are watching us and that was awesome. 11 shows in 5 days I mean if we weren't going out, we were on stage, it was huge.