If I ever meet a writer or a painter, I don't presuppose that they are like the work they are presenting.

In the past members of my family on both my mother's and father's side have fought in the war, in the first and second World Wars. Unfortunately, they're dead and I wasn't able to speak to them, but that was in our family history too.

The artists that I love- whether painters or filmmakers- it's because something resonates in me because I've felt it.

I don't like things to be handed to me on a plate; that means nothing. I like to go through layers of unraveling and every time I listen to something, it makes me feel something different. Now I'm aware of the conflict that's going on, but at the time I just let what was happening happen.

I did photography, painting, and drawing, but I prefer sculpture. I like it because it's very physical.

I really don't pay too much attention; I don't go out of my way to read any interviews.

People like Howlin' Wolf, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, John Lee Hooker, Nina Simone, Captain Beefheart - all of these artists were what I grew up listening to every day of my life. And there's a very healthy music scene in the west country of England, where I grew up.