I'm used to people being a mile away. That suits me. It's more nerve-wracking playing in front of people who are two feet away from me.

Producers like to record all the drums first, then they do the bass, then all the guitars, so you're constantly moving from one song to another.

Chart positions are for people with manbags who get to work at 11 A.M. because they've been at a digital meeting.

Twenty years from now, will we listen to Lady Gaga? No. She might think she is making a stand for the freaks and the weirdos. But they're not going to have any decent music to play, are they?

You can have it all but how much do you want it?

When I was 16 I'd watch 'The Godfather,' but I didn't think, 'Right, I'm going to go down the barber's and get some protection money off him.'

If I were in the Beatles, I'd be a good George Harrison.