I've always spent more time with a smile on my face than not, but the thing is, I don't write about it.

I am very self-conscious a lot of the time.

I had no desire to be famous; I just wanted to make the greatest music ever made. I didn't want anyone to know who I was.

But everyone I know reaches a point where they throw out their arms and go beserk for a while; otherwise you never know what your limits are. I was just trying to find mine.

I don't find the technology threatening. A lot of people my age, my generation, find it difficult to immerse themselves. But I would never preclude the idea of using any technology if I thought it suited the end result.

Sometimes I'll get to the end of a song, open my eyes and there's all these faces peering at me. It's quite horrifying.

My whole life I've played music for my own personal enjoyment and the idea of it becoming a machine or a business is just horrible.