I love playing the drums - I really get a lot out of it - but I don't think I'm a good enough drummer to be playing live drums on all 10 tracks on my album.

I'm a bit of a control freak, so I always appreciate being inside the nuts and bolts of the music - I don't like newer programs that paper over your cracks.

It'd be tricky to read into my lyrics - some are autobiographical, but sometimes I just like the sound of words.

Most of the lyrics are rooted in my own experiences. But there is some sheer fabrication.

I'm actually embarrassed by the idea of writing songs about myself - I imagine someone hearing them and thinking This guy is a bit self-obsessed. I don't know if I really have a persona, in that respect. I want to just make the music and hide away.

I might've set out to write a particular song about a particular girl, but my experience will run out after four lines, so instead of getting obsessed with the girl, I write about the clothes I'm wearing.

I don't think of my music as something that works well in the background. And because a lot of it isn't in 4/4, people might not like to dance to it.