Everyone gets frustrated and aggressive, and I'd sooner take my aggression out on a guitar than on a person.

I'm definitely obsessed about artists and the type of music and the playing and the tone and all that kind of thing - I'm not obsessed about what the best Beatles album is. I just think if The Beatles are great, they're great.

It is nice to make a record and people like it, and it's encouraging.

There's this British elegance that we, at times, have really missed in the States. We've always been more of a sportswear culture.

I get bored quickly. I kind of take my hat off to bands who have been around for a long time and still do the same thing, because it's hard to keep a band together for decades. But I couldn't do that. I couldn't play the same songs night after night or just trade on my past glories, because it wouldn't interest me as a person.

If you're into a certain band, you're into the way they dress.

Even somebody like The Black Keys or Royal Blood, they all have this original roots base to what they do.