You want to reach people on a real level and have a fan base that understands you.

Nobody starts a band to make friends; you do it because of the music.

There's so much to be said for making your guitar sound like a synthesizer and try to make your drummer sound like a drum machine.

I'm really excited about the remixes. I've always been a fan of electronic music and I'm thinking about that very seriously for the next record as well.

Everyone tries to research your background. I have a real fear of celebrity and exposing my real self.

I never understood the low art/high art distinction.

I never saw the point in listening to only one thing. The low art/high art distinction comes from the establishment telling me how I'm supposed to think.

Patriotism is a joke in the UK.

Youth is so cynical. There's never anything to believe in as a teen.

Even that word depends on what you mean by pop. I mean, pop music has currency. It could just be about that girl who's in love with you.

I think there's real currency in pop culture.

A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.

We left dents on each other. Mine was in her heart, and hers was on my car.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.

Use new drugs quickly, while they still work.

I didn't go to drama school because, from the first refusal I then, as I said, a couple of weeks later, was offered a professional job, where I am immensely grateful to the journey.

A woman is a foreign land.

I think we're a long ways from really putting colonies of people out there who would live their whole lives out there in space. I don't see that happening for quite some time.

I'm never too nervous about releasing music. I like to see what the people think because it helps me make myself better as an artist for them.

I'm proud of being British, but I think our aristocracy is overrated.