They have decided to tour under the name of Ten Years After which I don't think is very cool. To be honest, they have had to do that as it's the only way they can get any work.

I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records.

Strangely enough, through all those school years I decided at 13 or 14 I was going to be a musician and so school was just something to get out of the way, a waste of time and not to bother with it.

The chances of a reunion now are less likely. I was thinking of having a 40th anniversary of the band, but now they are really another band, so it's all a bit weird.

I began to learn a lot of chords and rhythms. It was a bit boring at the time but came in very handy later on.

It will be the first time I've played live with a double bass.

Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.