My harmony is passable but is usually made more eloquent at the hands of Steve Hamilton.

Sometimes I had to room with Tony Kaye and that was awful.

So I have the classic amateur's technique; I know some very tricky bits and I have large gaping holes.

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.

But what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like music a lot.

This amateurism however, can sometimes be helpful in forging a style; you have to work around your weaknesses.

And I like messing around in the engine room of music. Seeing what happens in the rhythm section area.