I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an exchange.

I have a particular dislike for children's films. I'm way past the novelty aspect.

I think I have always had a pretty strong creative impulse. And that has probably saved me from abandoning myself completely.

I love rock-n-roll. I think it's an exciting art form. It's revolutionary. Still revolutionary and it changed people. It changed their hearts. But yeah, even rock-n-roll has a lot of rubbish, really bad music.

I think there's a certain numbness in modern society, that accepts certain kinds of violence, but represses other kinds of violence.

The way I take in the world is by seeing it; that is very much evident in the songs that I write.

What you're really after when you see a film or listen to a song is a singular vision, and I'm not sure how much of that you really get in Hollywood.