I've played rugby at school a bit. I didn't play football at school; I played football after school.

Usually, in the studio, on this sort of thing... you just go out and have a play over it, and see what comes, and it's usually - mostly - the first take that's the best one, and you find yourself repeating yourself thereafter.

I've been in The Who, I've been in The Beatles and I've been in Pink Floyd! Top that!

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.

Being a musician, being a person who's playing tours and making records is a part-time thing for me at age. I did it, I lived it and I breathed it every day of my life for 30-odd years and now I am slowing down a little bit. But it does not mean that I am any less intense and dedicated to the work that I am doing now. I have other priorities in life as well.

We already had all the songs, and it turns out all you have to do is burn them to some CDs, so why not?

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.