You know, once you've had that guitar up so loud on the stage, where you can lean back and volume will stop you from falling backward, that's a hard drug to kick.

I just play intuitively and work the same way in the studio. I don't have any magical effects or anything that helps me to get my particular sound.

Being a solo artist is what I do. It's what I've been doing for the last 20 years and a bit before then.

People in Italy seem to be very capable of singing along with 'Wish You Were Here' perfectly, yet it's hard to get someone in the street who speaks english.

I've sort of remarried a few years ago and have had a couple more children in the last couple of years. And so home life is taking up a lot of my time.

Subconsciously you just pick up things into your sort of musical vocabulary and use them.

I think Atom Heart Mother was a good thing to have attempted, but I don't really think the attempt comes off that well.