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 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.

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

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!

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.

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.