And you will believe in love And all that it's supposed to be But just until the fish start to smell And you're struck down by a hammer.

I definitely have a Luddite's approach to what's going on. I find that as I get older, I get stupider. For me, the iPhone is harder than reading Faust. I've been hanging out a bit with Lou Reed, and he's the complete opposite. He's into technology and is kind of like a toddler, compared to me, who's like an old 19th-century widow or something.

I really need to know I may just never see you again, or might as well You took advantage of a world that loved you well I'm going to a town that has already been burnt down I'm so tired of you, America.

To me, songs come of their own volition - and with an open-ended philosophy.

I could always escape into this demi-monde of homosexuality, which I feel really indebted to. It stopped me being a 'mummy's boy.'

I may not lead the most dramatic life, but in my brain it's 'War and Peace' everyday.

I have never cooked a meal in my life and always end up paying for dozens of people to eat with me.