There's an element to songwriting that I can't explain, that comes from somewhere else. I can't explain that dividing line between nothing and something that happens within a song, where you have absolutely nothing, and then suddenly you have something. It's like the origin of the universe.

L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation.

I still feel very much an imposter in the whole music scene, which I'm quite happy about to be honest.

I have an armchair interest in gardening, but I don't like to get my knees dirty. I don't have a garden.

I write hate lyrics really well. It's not every day you can use them, really.

In getting older, I find myself becoming progressively more ineffectual in a lot of different ways, and part of that is down to no longer having the youthful feeling that what you're doing has any true impact.

The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than sitting down to write something new.