Everything's immediately diminished. That's why there's no real rock stars anymore. People are too accessible.

So many characters are governed by the consequences of their actions, and I wanted to have a character who is the exact opposite.

I need to keep my dancing on the right side of weird, otherwise it might get a bit like "American Idol."

I think what I listen to now is what I listened to as a kid which is kind of black American soul. I love soul music.

A band that we supported called Blackfish in Manchester, played the most insane gig I've ever been to. Everything was set on fire, and then they came on and played one of the coolest gigs I've ever seen.

I think everything in life is an evolution, isn't it?

One of my favorite quotes ever was from Slash from Guns and Roses and he said 'to be truly iconic, you need to be able to recognized in a silhouette'