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The charts are only relevant when you're top of them!

Chart numbers can be deceiving. An album doesn't have to sell that much these days to show up really high on the charts.

I don't really look at the charts at all. If anything, I try to out-do what I've done before. I try to make music that I like and I trust my own judgement with what will work with a wider audience. If you compare yourself to the charts, you lose perspective on what you're doing and why you're doing it.

I wouldn't consciously pursue trying to make something for the charts. It's just not in my scope now. I'd rather stick needles in my eyes.

I'm just not interested in selling out to get on the charts and make people happy.

I hate plots.

We're not on a desperate mission to write chart compatible stuff.

I don't care about the charts; I just want to make great music that I enjoy performing on stage and I'm proud of.

Chart positions aren't the be all and end all.

If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a brain would realize that it's the charts that count.