In November I'll be releasing my new solo record, entitled 'Box Of Bees'. There's no music, it's just a box full of live bees. The deluxe edition comes with more bees.

Obviously, the duty of artists is there, but it's more an indictment of the political system that someone like Zinn views artists as the seers, idealizing them as the people responsible for inspiring change.

My uncle used to sit me on his lap and play "ventriloquist", only I wasn't wearing pants.

I often fake my death and then just show up at people's houses. They say 'that's a good one Thom' but I know maybe they don't really think it's a funny joke.

I think sometimes all the charities are doing is mopping up the blood. It’s a shame.

It's not so much that I'm an atheist so much as the sneaking suspicion that I myself may be god

I've never believed that pop music is escapist trash. There's always a darkness in it, even amidst great pop music.