It's a great honor when somebody takes your song and does something different with it. That's what music is all about: to constantly change what somebody else has done.

I always considered technical musicianship as something you should be ashamed of - I don't know why.

It's a complicated relationship with a guitar. I love the Bullet, for sure.

To me, the idea of living this lifestyle is so boring that I would prefer to read Marcel Proust the whole time during a tour.

My heroes, I couldn't imagine them practicing. Like Bob Dylan, you know? Bob Dylan's a very, very good guitar player, but it's like he's trying to hide it. I always loved this attitude. When you're very good... it's like being an athlete - and I always hated sports!

What's interesting about Lego is it's constantly reminding you that it's a facsimile of something else.