It will be interesting to see what the long term fruits of our national apathy will be, 'cos so far they've been pretty foul.

Over time I just realised the world is a very complicated place, and there is not a single structured belief system that adequately and comprehensively describes every aspect of our existence. So that is my new approach to life and spirituality - I don't know anything, except on a very naive and subjective level.

I've been having a midlife crisis since I was four years old.

We hope that as a species we're capable of dealing with environmental catastrophe before it actually does collectively kill most of us.

I'm sure most people have this experience: when you're young you drink, you do drugs, you stay up late, and there are no consequences.

The moment somebody becomes famous, 15 years gets knocked off their life. They're gonna get divorced a few times, they're gonna be addicted to things, they're gonna be in therapy.

For me my biggest inspiration is trying to make music that effects me as much as the music made by my heroes.