People have a tendency to see country life through rose-colored glasses.

I'm a visual artist myself and always have been so it's very natural for me to be very concerned with presentation, whether it's artwork or onstage.

My mom is a sculptress.

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.

Never settle for anything less than you want.

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

But huge photographs of dead bodies are slightly different. I couldn't find much humor there.