I warm naturally to the drummer whose ideas and approach are strong, even if he doesn't quite have the ability to carry them out.

We used to drink an awful lot of alcohol.

We were from totally different social backgrounds. This is what is very hard for an American to understand, but we could have been five guys from Mars.

Holding on to some of your uniqueness is the trick instead of surrendering it at the Academy of Contemporary We're Gonna Make You a Star.

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. And clearly the ones who wrote music were more superior human beings in his mind. So he kind of nudged me and sort of prodded me into it. I picked it up slowly. Then I learned more about chords and harmony and I just kept adding to that. One of the great things about having good players in your band is that you just ask them questions. You can pick up some good information that way.

One of the great things about having good players in your band is that you just ask them questions. You can pick up some good information that way.

I don't really remember a whole lot of sex, drugs and rock n' roll, really.