I did have a life before the Animals, and I'm trying constantly to prove that I have a life after the Animals. People tend to forget that I was the frontman with War for two years. People sort of have compartmental memories.

I have a life beyond performance. I love it, and it probably is the better part of my life, but I do have another life.

Eventually I would like to reach the stage where I don't have to write about love and kisses and all that stuff. I wish I could write about really ultimate things. That's where I think all of us want to go, really. All the groups seem to be heading towards a kind of pop music that deals with ultimate things.

I live my life, breathless... A life of constant motion and excitement. A life that many will envy and most would avoid!

OK, I've had a life of sort of success, some people know who I am but a lot of people don't. I feel the need to change that still.

I always wanted to be a Californian. In my wildest dreams, I always liked California - it's the place where oranges grows on trees! Fruit just falls off the trees.

The rock biz is the low end of the creative world. Faces come and go so fast.