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

There are some public figures who are very private and almost hide behind their work. I try to be as open as possible.

A lot of people do talk about the demise of the album, but I still believe that if an artist tries hard to make a great album, people will buy it and listen to it as an album, rather than just a collection of random songs.

When you say 'failure,' that seems really dramatic, but a lot of failure is just really depressing and mundane. I remember the first time I ever played a concert in Italy. I played a venue that held 900 people, and I think five people showed up. It wasn't a big, 'John Carter of Mars' type failure. It wasn't dramatic; it was just depressing.

No one wants to be hated, in public, by lots of people.

There's something about the human brain, that it actually has a predilection towards negativity, which served us really well when we lived in an environment that was very threatening.

I don't sleep very well when I travel. And as a result, I tend to be awake in cities when everyone else is asleep.