"The press will naturally come and go as it has done with all artists, from David Bowie to Neil Young to U2."

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"The press will naturally come and go as it has done with all artists, from David Bowie to Neil Young to U2."

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"Like all bands, the first two albums are always the ones most written about, and the most covered. When a band gets to their third of fourth album, the story of the band has already been told."

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"Revising a screenplay is much more frustrating than revising a song because you have to read through the entire work again while you are changing stuff. It is a lot easier to edit a song."

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"We didn't really want to be an overnight success as that brings with it its own problems."

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"Japan is quite weird because they wait for you to say something before they respond. You can literally hear a pin drop, they don't make a sound until you say something to the crowd."

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