I'm happy, I would say that I'm one of the happiest people I know but I've certainly had periods of profound sadness, depression and heartache and those are the kind of things that are interesting to me to write about.

I have complete freedom, and there's no way to get pigeonholed or bored. What could be better than that?

Take a good look around and you'll find people trying to mess with your mind.

When things are too easy I lose interest in them so I find ways to complicate them to get myself interested.

I've always loved groups like U2 and Coldplay.

The only thing that's a little tricky about it is sometimes people assume that if it's a new song, it's a reflection of what you're feeling or going through now.

I've never, ever in my life enjoyed playing live the way I am now.