Well, he‘s the perpetual pseudo-intellectual, isn’t he?
What books do you read these days? Oh, none, they’re all bloody terrible, I only read Oscar Wilde.
What new bands do you like? Uhhh.. well… I don’t hear much that I like. I like [current song on the radio] by [current indie band], but other than that there isn’t much good music out there.
You can’t take a word he says seriously. Didn’t he once say something about it all being there in the songs? I believe that. His lyrics are the ‘real’ him. Which implies that anything else is to be taken with a substantial pinch of salt.
None of which is a criticism, most people are the same. Most people are a different version of themselves at work, a different person with their friends, a slightly different person with their family. C’est la condition humaine.