Much as I love the northeast, I didn't want to spend my life there. I wanted to experiment. Savour everything you can while you're here! Touring, seeing the world... That in itself gives you a different perspective.

Everyone in rock 'n roll including myself was touched by Elvis's spirit, I was, and always will be a fan.

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

Sometimes you're quite fortunate, being on the stage, getting to meet people like Salvador Dali.

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.

As you get older, you get a bit more serious.

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