When the musical keyboard was created in the 1970's, you had electronic geeks that had no background in music created these devises and gave them to musicians that had no background in electronics. The result was some of the wierd sounds that came out in the '70s.

I don't mind trying it out and making sure something seems to work well.

I'm English. I can't accept happiness that easily. There's got to be a trick in there somewhere.

When I was going through those very fast changes, I think it was terribly important to me that I was seen to be inventive. I think that was the characteristic of my work that I wanted people to see.

I think the only music I didn't listen to was country and western, and that holds to this day.

Bully for you, chilly for me, got to get a raincheck on pain.

It took me a long time to reach the bottom and it went through various stages. I went from drugs into an alcohol stage. For a while, one feels, "Ah, I've kicked drugs," but what I discovered was I had another addiction instead.