Little ideas can pop into one's head at any time, and if I'm being reasonably efficient I've got it close enough to hand, then I pop that little tiny moment of a few seconds down onto a tape and then I can forget about it for... years sometimes.

I like watching sports, you know, all sorts of stuff.

Our music has depth, and attempts philosophical thought and meaning with discussions of infinity, eternity and mortality. There is a line which people cross that turns it into some magical, mystical realm, for which I dont claim responsibility and dont hold any great truck with.

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.

Obviously record companies tend to be following what the scene is rather than making the scene.

For me, gradually over the years, you refined your tastes in the way you do things and it becomes maybe less experimental.

I tend to fly old airplanes and old sort of things that are nearly about as old as me. Biplanes and stuff like that.