It's like a lot of kids; when you tell them someone's died, they laugh.

I think a domestic situation can change you and your attitudes. I suppose if you did get a bit content, then you might not write savage lyrics.

I just start singing some words with a tune. I don't ever write a song thinking, Now I'll write a song about... .

My record producer [David Kahne] said the major record labels these days are like dinosaurs sitting around discussing the asteroid. They know it's going to hit. They don't know when, they don't know where it's coming from. But it's sort of hit already. With iTunes, and all of that.

the beatles were always a great band. nothing more nothing less

None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.

You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.