Drummers haven't managed to develop their individuality quite as well as guitarists have. We can be so focused on the nuts and bolts that we overlook the importance of individuality - the broader picture, if you will.

At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy.

If I was hearing something I couldn't do, I would figure out how to do it.

Plus I am being hounded by all the fabulous new drummers, Bill Stewart at the head of the pack.

I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart.

I didn't write any music at all, and then, I remember Jon Anderson being very insistent saying that there were two kinds of musicians: the ones who wrote music and the ones who didn't.

Close to the Edge, Red, One of a kind, Discipline, Earthworks, The Sound of Surprise, all seem to me to be albums that captured the essence of the intention.