I have such an extreme attitude about work, where I can just completely be derelict of my responsibilities and then when I am not derelict, I am completely indulged in it. I swing pretty wildly from the two extremes.

But, I would be naive not to recognize the number of musicians who tell me they have been influenced by me and sight me - as well as Alex and Neil - as a musician who has been a positive influence on their playing.

I would like to shift more into writing for and producing people.

I do love using keyboards and I love writing keyboard parts, but I am not a player in the true sense of the word.

I guess, we were people who just dedicated to trying to get better.

Some writing and production projects will be a great way to spend my elderly rock years.

It's a battle between record company, between producer and between mastering engineer. Because the louder you make your record in a digital process, the more dynamics are squished out of it. Nobody knows exactly what happens, but the dynamics in the performance disappear, and everything is at the same volume.