More recently, I used guitar synthesizer extensively on the two albums I did with Robert Fripp.

For me, a great show is when there's a great rapport with the band and the audience, and we're all really into it. The first trick is to bring the audience into the band, break the ice, have a life, and be one, so you can enjoy the next hour and a half together.

I actually think I play better now than Ive ever played.

I think we are coming to a new era where people will record much faster.

Of course the playing is important but writing and the establishing of what you are going for is prime too.

Usually, the best thing is when the band goes to the bar and gets the corner table, we sit there like kings, and then they bring people to us. It's just rock 'n' roll. It's stupid, really.

In The Police, in a trio situation - which I've come back to now - it's just so wide open that it does actually provide this arena where you can play with a certain freedom.