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

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.

Entertainment is about telling everybody that everything is alright but music is on the side of the upsetters and that's where I'm at.

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

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.

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.

The piano is kind of my second instrument.