I've always craved to belong to somewhere, but I never have and never will.

I've seen many of my contemporaries become superstars, and the way fame and fortune starts to really affect the way they treat other people, and I think it's ugly.

I'm a crap guitarist and I find it really hard writing on my own.

If you're a musician and an artist, you don't just stop.

There's a lot of rage you have to express it somehow. If I didn't express it in song, I'd become incredibly violent.

I come from the home-grown punk ethic, where it doesn't matter if you can't play a note, it's how you communicate.

Music is a gut thing. You're working in a medium which is more in touch with the primal than the modern. A gig is a ritual. There's a congregation.