We were a commodity used by corporations to make their brand look fashionable, but then they used us to keep kids out of venues.

Music is an opportunity to say every single thing that you want to say. People will pore over whatever you say and however you say it and, for me, it represents complete freedom of speech.

It's pretty easy to lose money on tour - most bands do on their first couple of tours. We're more established, but I think it was just poorly booked. It was a mess from the get-go.

Generally, I think people are just going through the motions now. There's so much stuff that people are doing today that has already been done. I kind of like that new Savages record, but I don't know why they take themselves so seriously.

What I wanted was just to make music, and so, originally I just wanted to hide behind the album cover of the last record, and I wanted it to be almost anonymous.

I am super-interested in fashion. I love being a person whose clothes get discussed. That makes it more interesting for me.

I think that when people download the record they're kind of missing out on part of the experience, because it's really meant to be an immersive experience.