To be honest, I don't listen to groups, really. Hardly ever. I know I'm in one, but I don't like them very much.

I'm an atheist, and I don't have any belief in an afterlife.

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.

I think a lot of things do influence me, but the influence mechanism is as such that these things dive into your brain and bury themselves into your subconscious and you're never quite sure where and how they're going to emerge. I don't think I really take direct influence.

I mean, I have moments of huge frustration because of my inability to express myself linguistically as clearly as I would like to.

Adrian Maben came to us with the idea. And we just thought, "Well, why not?" I don't think any of us thought it would be as well received and last in people's minds for as long as it did. All credit to him. It's his idea [Pink Floyd at Pompeii] and it was great.

Jimi Hendrix isn't as good as me!