If You Repeat What You Did In

To Maintain A Consistency When People Come To See The Band Takes A Lot Of Work; It Takes A Lot Of Discipline. I Go To The Studio Every Day And Sing And Play. I Never Did That When I Was, Like, 30. I'd Probably Have A Drink And Walk On - And See What Comes Out. But Now If There's Ten Albums' Worth Of Material People Are Coming To Hear Some Of, And They've Paid Money For A Ticket, You Become A Different Person When You Go On And You Want To Give The Best Show You Can. You Want To Be Better At What You Do.

The Culture's Changed Massively. The Kids Are Different, With The Phones And Stuff. Even If You Like A Song, You Don't Really Know Who The Artists Are, It's A Lot More Faceless, It's A Lot Less Tribal. When We Were Growing Up It Was Much More Tribal - It Was Rock, It Was Grunge. Now People Like Songs, [but] They Don't Necessarily Know The Song's Origins. I Don't Know How You Would Feel Angry At The World, Or Distressed, Because Most People Are Constantly Distracted Or Consumed.

The Song Dakota Was First Written In Paris. I Was Doing A Promo Trip. It Was Snowing And The Hotel Room Was Really Cold And Boring And For Some Reason I Just Had A Go Of The Guitar And The Song Came Pretty Quick.

It's A Completely Different Way Of Working When You Have Your Own Place For Recording. It's Like If You Were A Painter, And You Do Loads Of Painting, And You Just Pick Which Paintings You Want To Exhibit. It's A Much Nicer, Freer Way Of Making Work; You're Not Limited To Anything, And You Can Make These Cool, Weird Little Albums.

If You Repeat What You Did In The Last Tour, The Likelihood Is It's Not Gonna Be Successful Twice. People Are Nostalgic About A Particular Record, Because It's About The Time When They Were Listening To That Record. But If You Do It Again, They're Like, I'm Not That Guy Anymore.