I took a lot of influences from Studio Ghibli, which is the Japanese animation studio that made 'Spirited Away' and 'Castle in the Sky.' They're like the Japanese version of Disney - but without all the schmaltz.
If you're going to pretend to be somebody you're not - which is the whole point of being a rock star - then why not just invent fake characters and have them do it all for you?
Look at someone like Kanye West - ego is the death of a lot of art. To believe in yourself that much is to stop being an artist.
The art world's quite elitist. I tend to skirt around that world.
To be an artist is to doubt yourself and try harder.
I see the 'z' in 'Humanz' as referring to robots, AI, programming, brainwashing, indoctrination. And it's a question to us: are we human, or are we humanz? Have we lost the ability to think for ourselves? Do we just believe what we're told? That's how I see it.
You can write and write, but if you don't have someone who can nail that character, it's never going to live.
Some comic artists I've known are better than most contemporary artists with work hanging in Tate Modern.
When a picture is done, I'm not concerned with it anymore; I'm on to the next thing.
I am in that position where I finish something, it goes out, and I'm onto the next thing. I finish it, it goes out, onto the next thing.
When I'm working on something, if I went to an exhibition of an artist I respect, then I usually come home quite depressed and look at what I'm doing and throw it all away and start again.
I'm always having ideas. I'd like to continue being able to realise the ideas I have.
I start with an idea in my head. I sketch it out quickly as a line drawing, using pencil. It never comes out quite right - usually a bit better than my mental picture.
The more you draw, the better you get.
I used to love comic books, and I love American comedy, and neither are afraid to tackle big themes.
I grew up doubting myself. It was a very spotty, frustrating, worrying time.
I need to find a way of retaining creative control.
I want to do stuff that excites me and is enjoyable.
I don't go to enough exhibitions, purely because it intimidates me.
I can't see anybody wanting to go to 'Tank Girl: The Musical!'
