I'm probably much more influenced by film-makers and painters than I am by other songwriters or poets.

And all of these writers offer me a greater understanding of what it is to be alive, and that is such an incredible thing art can do for other people. It made me want to try and get close to this strange, mysterious thing that people can do with words.

I studied art just short of the level where you can earn a degree.

You go back and look at some of the ancient writings that exist throughout the world about wars and it's the same; the human beings' articulation of events is the same. That really fascinated me.

I do write a lot of prose. It's not disciplined enough yet that it's actually become stories, or short stories. The idea of writing a novel seems impossible.

When I write - I always write on my own - I demo those songs on a four-track.

What we are fed through the media I do not accept, unless you see it with your own eyes you cant trust anything.