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.

I don't like to get pigeonholed. I don't like it when people think they have you sewn up.

People say that if you're still angry at 52, you're not an angry young man, just a grumpy old git.

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

Nothing wrong with pop.

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.

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