The lyrics are different from Nick Cave songs and lyrics. His songs are very narrative.

That's why you go to a nice studio. You can get a magic take. You don't really have to do anything to it.

There's something in life that's cool, it's relatively cheap, and fun, and populist. Even when it's elitist.

I didn't really like confessional poetry or things. They seemed sort of dated to me, or just corny.

Lyrics are back, maybe. It seems like there was a bit of an attitude that lyrics are not important.

Berlin is just an affordable European city that's supposed to be cool. There's nothing too deep about it.

I'm sort of socially inept, so music is my way to connect to people. It's a means of socializing and having a life. Otherwise I wouldn't bother. I would just make home recordings and play them for myself. And that's not really healthy.