Obviously, they're all a gang of idiots. But, you know... live and let live.

I haven't felt compelled to go back in the studio and do anything serious. I have a little sort of home studio thing which I potter about in occasionally.

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

Pompeii is an extraordinary place to be because it was preserved exactly as it was. There are many other sites. If you visit any other antiquity-type sites throughout the world, they're very damaged with what's gone on over the centuries since they were abandoned. But this one was just, like, sealed, so you're looking at rock surfaces and the carving of letters and names in the stones looks like it was done yesterday.

If you are in a band or in any situation with other people there are obviously brilliant aspects to it, but there are also things that you start finding yourself tied to.

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.

Don't bait your breath. That's bad for your health.