Tim talks about his heroes in Mojo magazine
It's very difficult to choose between David Lynch, Bob Dylan, and Gram Parsons. With Gram, it was Bobby Gillespie who told me in '93 - he sent me his CD through a friend of a friend.
He'd underlined Hot Burrito #1 and Hot Burito #2 and Safe As Home, I believe. A friend of mine had it and she went out to work and I just carried on playing it and playing it, really. I'm still obsessed. Coming to LA has woken it right back up as well.
Lynch is my favourite film-maker. I just find him hysterical and unconventional. It's peoples ability to be themselves and survive and change but stay true to themselves I find heroic.
If I had to say one hero I'd say Bob Dylan, because he had such a large and long impact on me. I came to Dylan quite late, I guess, because a lot of people grew up with him when they were kids. I only really got into him on our American tour in 1991. I got the Robert Shelton book, No Direction Home, first and then I got Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 and Blonde on Blonde. So I started with the Holy Trinity. I just thought they were astonishing.
What influence has Dylan had on me? I guess I've stolen a few lines here and there, or a few phrases. But I just think the freedom of playing really, and believing in yourself through everything, through the boos and through the applause. I admire his longevity. I like a lot of the photos that he had taken. I like the depth and the surface of it. I like all of it, and there's always more.
Now I'm getting into Love And Theft but someone was talking to me about Planet Waves the other day and I've never really heard of it so that's next. I've only seen him once as well, so that'll have to change. And I've got to try and meet Dylan. I WILL meet him one day.