I can't be a student. I always hated that lifestyle.

I released that side of things really as kind of an introduction to where I came from musically, back in the day when all I had was a keyboard, a drum machine, and a four-track. So I was doing these little synth-pop ditties, and it's how I learned to write.

My thought with harmonies and melodies in general, is that if it doesn't come right away then it's never going to come at all.

The more I know, the more I realise I don't know. And the more I realise I'll never truly understand.

I try to shut my brain down as much as possible. And let the melodies flow, if possible.

I think that there's a proliferation of music that is done entirely in the bedroom for an Internet audience, but there's no way in hell that you could actually kill off a live show, and its importance in the creation of music - it's just impossible.

I'm sure that's every adolescent's complaint about their home town. When a city is unstimulating, you get pretty isolated.