Thank you for getting up so early for our conversation. All good. I usually get up earlier. At six o’clock.

Oh, why is that? It’s not really punk. Oh, I like seeing the first twinkle of the sun in the morning. I like the stillness and the freshness of the air at this time. I can think more clearly with no human activity around me. So I go to bed at 8 p.m. Well, I usually watch TV until midnight.

Can you think of the best tunes early in the morning? That would be too romantic a thought. No, ideas for new songs just pop into my head. Like someone else stuck it in me. My brain is constantly spinning, almost neurotic.

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