I think labels for the most part want to sign new discoveries so that that label alone is seen to be responsible for the rise of the artist. Not many labels want bands who have already made their mark, because their success is usually attributed to some other label somewhere else at another time.

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

The heart has a heart of its own.

Long hair is an unpardonable offense which should be punishable by death.

I'm not an anarchist, but I believe that people don't want the royal family - the so-called royal family.

Even though I've been reasonably well known for quite a long time, I still can't get a record on daytime radio or on MTV.

I've only been to Ireland once, and I felt I would wake up with voices in my head, almost like music, and that if I were a songwriter, I would be very inspired.