To me, rock music was never meant to be safe. I think there needs to be an element of intrigue, mystery, subversiveness. Your parents should hate it.

If I come up with rules or limitations it focuses me in a direction. And those rules can change if you realize it's a dumb idea. You start to mutate it to see what fits best.

I write most of my songs when I'm in a bad mood.

I thought I'd reached the bottom a few times, but then I'd realise there was another 30 floors of despair below that.

I want to do something that matters.

I found that when I was putting my own music out, with my Twitter feed as the pure marketing budget, I'm preaching to the choir.

I think theres something strangely musical about noise.