The guitar has a kind of grit and excitement possessed by nothing else.

The potential audience seems to be dwindling in the states. I was kind of embarrassed for the band because of the size of the audience.

I have to build my own boat this time. It's a big sea out there, and I have a pretty small boat. I have a lot of belief in it.

I think music is about our internal life. It’s part of the way people touch each other. That’s very precious to me. And astronomy is, in a sense, the very opposite thing. Instead of looking inwards, you are looking out, to things beyond our grasp.

When we were touring heavily in America, we based ourselves there for a couple of years, but now we're all back here and it seems to be the place.

The guitar has a kind of grit and excitement possessed by nothing else.

I like to go for a walk or swimming or in the garden when I can. It's a busy kind of life, but I guess I'm lucky.