When I saw music as a means to an end - more fame, more money, dating celebrities - that's when things have gone terribly wrong. Now my life is focused on just trying to keep making music. Because when it's really good, it's just the most remarkable feeling on the planet.

If I found myself married with children and had tons of puppies and a fun place to live, I imagine I'd be happier, but I kind of like being a little bit isolated and lonely.

We need to finally accept that all sentient creatures are deserving of basic rights. I define basic rights as this -the ability to pursue life without having someone else's will involuntarily forced upon you.

Could you look an animal in the eyes and say to it, 'My appetite is more important than your suffering'?

This whole world is run by brutes for the common and the stupid.

The aggressive, energised, political, or even politicised, culturally aware music hasn't really existed [recently].

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