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

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 love soul music, that's my real love in life and in whatever shape or form it is.

When I listen to a record, or when I'm making a record, I listen to everything. I listen to the drums, the bass, the voice, the arrangement. I listen to the whole piece as an ensemble.

It's just something internal that says, 'I've got to do this now. This is what I'm doing now.'

Nothing wrong with pop.

I think politicians are so far out of step with what people really want.