Growing up, I fantasized about being a rock musician and that somehow it would be really easy. I didn't realize that it's so much work.

I'm not trying to overcome my father or fill his shoes or reach any kind of level that he did. We're talking about a [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart] of rock music.

I wouldn't even say "Imagine" is political. I think it's…more just sort of declaration of humanity. I don't find his political songs to be the ones that I go home and listen to. And I would say that of any artist. They're not the ones that interest…

My favourite men's clothes are like Victorian British clothing.

I like to have books around to give me ideas-to get the verbal part of my brain to start working.

Songwriting is kind of like a craft. It's not something that just comes in a dream. You've got to work at it.

I wouldn't say the purpose of making art is to enjoy it necessarily. For me, it happens to be the thing I enjoy the most. I don't even know what the purpose of art is really, I just know that is something that makes me feel satisfied in a way that other things don't. That's all I know, that's why I like to write songs and films or draw. I just like to make things and somehow I find it gives me a feeling of satisfaction that I can't find in other areas of my life.