I'm the last person to ask 'what do you remember' from a particular time period... I like to learn from the past... not 'live' in it.

My voice is an instrument.

Most of the albums that have taken long have been related to illness and fatigue or producer problems.

I've never been uncomfortable putting my heart on display, my feelings on display, certainly with an audience.

Not necessarily, a lot of my songs are firmly tongue in cheek.

Hard rock may have faded from the media for a time, but I've always been able to make a living, if not in America, then in the rest of the world.

I take care of my voice; I'm working out the way I would do my body, so that stays in shape.