The things that I draw on, and the world that I feel part of, aren't particularly youth culture.

I think the people who did well, or are happy, in a youth industry, they define themselves out of the business after a decade or so.

When there is a voice in a piece of music, we tend to focus on the voice. That is probably something from when we were babies and we depended on hearing our mother's voice.

When I'm singing I try not be a singer with a capital S. I just try to get it out so I feel comfortable with it.

I get slightly irritated by people who say they're natural rebels because it just means that they're going to be against whatever anybody does, which is almost like saying you might as well leave it as it is.

I find it hard to take rock groups very seriously or treat them with respect. There is something absurd about these gloomy young men getting together and banging away.

I know people who grow old and bitter. I want to keep making a fresh start. I don't want them to defeat me. That would be suicidal.