I figure I've probably got a better chance of coming up with a good Paul McCartney song than Oasis has.

I can't see myself singing the same song twice in a row. That's terrible.

I knew Fred since I was 14 and was first going to the Old Town School, Fred used to work part-time in the store. Every time I wrote a song Fred would turn on his really good high-class tape recorder, reel-to-reel, and record it. So he's got recordings of me on guitar singing all my songs in his apartment long before I ever recorded for a recording company. I never found out what happened to the tapes.

I think the more the listener can contribute to the song, the better; the more they become part of the song, and they fill in the blanks. Rather than tell them everything, you save your details for things that exist. Like what color the ashtray is. How far away the doorway was. So when you're talking about intangible things like emotions, the listener can fill in the blanks and you just draw the foundation.

Long, flat expanses of professionalism bother me. I'd rather have a band that could explode at any time.

I love Vetements, but I tend not to wear on stage 'cause the sleeves are too long and I can't play the guitar.