I loved music from the age of eight. Jazz and blues. But also Little Richard and Elvis Presley.

When I stopped touring in the early '80s for a few years, it was a mistake looking back. I lost touch with my audience in a way and I think that was a bad career move.

I've done shows with orchestras, and I like writing with orchestras.

At home I don't really have any drum machines or anything like that, I just have a piano and a cassette machine, an old-fashioned one, an old relic which I've always used.

It's not a very high failure rate if you choose people that you really like the sound of.

I loved music from the age of eight. Jazz and blues. But also Little Richard and Elvis Presley.

I don't really have a great deal of spare time. I still have a house in the country, but I'm in London 90 percent of the time.