I just aspire to pick people up. That's my ambition.

When you play arenas you can create whatever you want. At a theater the height of the stage and the limitations of the theater can make you feel more separate from the audience.

When I was young, people were almost identified solely by the kind of music they liked. People fell into categories of who liked what.

I always see myself as much more of a musician than a celebrity.

From being at art college, I've always hated people that have the gall to think that they're being incredibly different when they're doing something in a very acceptable way, something safe that they've seen someone else doing.

Radio interviews are really snappy and I'm just bad at that. I just close down.

Most of my lyrics are little stories about my experiences or those of my friends.