I'm not Catholic but the Virgin Mary fascinates me because she's like a folk hero.

I know it's simple, but my main inspiration is just my love of music. I know that sounds overly naive. But it's true.

If I spend 100 days in a row making music there’s a chance nothing will come of it. But if I spend 100 days not making music it’s guaranteed that nothing will come of it. So keep working.

In the course of my life, I've made some happy songs but it's the more sort of like pathos-laden, emotional, melancholic music that either I make or that other people make that really resonates with me.

Scotland is one of my favourite places to perform: it's really something special. Scottish audiences are just so enthusiastic; their approach to dance music just feels similar to my own somehow.

I met Elton John at an Interview dinner, and we just sort of became friends. He's got such a wicked sense of humor.

One can only snort so many ants and have so much sex before one starts to long for the comfort and companionship of a good book.