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.

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

I can remember a lot of nights performing in those early years where you felt that you hit some good moments, but a lot of the time you're thinking, "Oh, God, this isn't quite making it." So I think that is what makes you in the end refine your view of things a little bit.

I don't, consciously anyways, sort of listen to things with the idea of getting something from them that I can use.

There is irreducible chance in the universe.

The expectation on me as a solo artist is very different to the audience's expectation of a Pink Floyd show.

Everyone goes to rotten schools when they're kids, don't they?