I did the first backwards guitar solo on ‘I’m Only Sleeping’

Thenewno2 is sort of my little prototype band, really.

When my dad toured in '91, I think my first gig properly was the Tokyo Dome, 50,000 people indoors. That was pretty scary. I was 12, or 13.

I can't even begin to describe how I miss him. He always supported me in everything I did. He was a very wise man and I realised at an early age I could learn a lot from him. He always gave me the right answer. But above all he was a very easy-going guy and all he wanted was to be my best friend. I'm an only child and so he shared everything with me. Of course he was very young to die and I was very young to lose a father. But there was nothing left unsaid between us.

I only discovered electronic music as a teenager and I still love the Prodigy and Massive Attack.

People see my face, they hear my voice, and I know they're thinking about my father. That's OK - he was a great man.

I think I learned a lot about not buying into a lot of hype. I wanted to be a kind of faceless entity; I didn't want to be Dhani Harrison and the Muppets or something like that.