You don't want to be so far off the planet that you come out with something that doesn't make sense to anybody.

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

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.

Start with the titles, and then build the music that goes with them.

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

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.

Sometimes, literally within a few minutes, you'd be off this amazing roaring scene and back at your hotel room, staring at the patten of the wallpaper. It's very surreal. You're back in your room, and it's dead quiet and really weird.