You have to, at least from a distance, look as if you know what you're doing, and I can manage that.

You are bound to pick up influences.

I would rather eat my own testicles than reform The Smiths, and that's saying something for a vegetarian.

Each year of life brings us nearer to our decline, but I will continue to seek a listener until I'm dead in a ditch.

If you travel to Germany, it's still absolutely Germany. If you travel to Sweden, it still has a Swedish identity.

I've always assumed there's a dark river flowing beneath my fans' desires.

Music is like a drug, but there are no rehabilitation centres.