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.

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.

Second edition of Earthworks I have the more traditional compositional approach, namely I write a piece from the piano.

A rock band used to be four guys and a drummer. Now it's five guys sitting around reading manuals!

People come with expectations and as a bandleader I constantly try to remind the audience to leave its expectations in the lobby.

The best practice you can get is on the bandstand, but in between gigs I feel I have to stay in shape.

And we'd drink huge amounts of scotch and coke, which is a ghastly sweet drink... And now people don't drink nearly as much, for good reason. We're all a little wiser.