The mystical poetry of William Blake's artwork also forms the basis for the album cover.
Rock music should be gross: that's the fun of it. It gets up and drops its trousers.
I don't like being recognised, I have no interest in being famous at all, I just do what I do. If I could be like Captain Kirk and beam myself up and then beam myself down, I would!
Teachers need to be more inspirational. But it's also up to engineering to make itself more interesting.
My dad always told me, 'I don't care what you do. Just aim to be the best at it. Even if it's the world's best window cleaner.'
Life is too short to do the things you don't love doing.
I enjoy making solo albums because over the years it's evolved into more of a genuine personal expression of story-telling and day dreams, and I work in a way that has more control.