I love good, loud speakers.

I'd love it if American kids were listening to Muslim music.

It must be quite mysterious to some people why I bother to carry on. Because, you know, I don't sell that many records.

It's not the destination that matters. It's the change of scene.

People tend to play in their comfort zone, so the best things are achieved in a state of surprise, actually.

Some people are very good at being 'stars' and it suits them. I'm grudging about it and I find it annoying.

The computer brings out the worst in some people.

The point about melody and beat and lyric is that they exist to engage you in a very particular way. They want to occupy your attention.

My guitar only has five strings 'cause the top one broke and I decided not to put it back on: when I play chords I only play bar chords, and the top one always used to cut me there.

Anything popular is populist, and populist is rarely a good adjective.

Even though I'm known as a pop musician, I have a seriousness about what I do.

Everybody is entertained to death.

Human development thus far has been fueled and guided by the feeling that things could be, and are probably going to be, better.

I always use the same guitar; I got this guitar years and years ago for nine pounds. It's still got the same strings on it.

I do love being in my studio. Especially at night.

I do sometimes look back at things I've written in the past, and think, 'I just don't remember being the person who wrote that.'

I don't like headphones very much, and I rarely listen to music on headphones.

I felt extremely uncomfortable as the focal point, in the spotlight. I really like the behind the scenes role, because all my freedom is there.

I hate talking about music, to tell you the truth.

I make a lot of pieces of music that I never release as CDs.