It was about working with other musicians, but more than that it's about exploring musical areas that you could never do with the band you're in, in my case Judas Priest. You could tackle musical areas and lyrical areas that wouldn't be appropriate for Priest.

You have to get to know your voice and its strengths and play on those. It took me quite a long time.

I think we all appreciate it now just how lucky we are to be in a band like Judas Priest.

The hardest part is to travel, and to be away from your family.

I write a lot of stuff, and some of it I don't even present to Judas Priest. But having said that, my first love is to play Judas Priest music.

We love not just Judas Priest music, but we love heavy metal and we love to get out on that stage every night and perform. It's a joy to be able to do it.

Too much down time makes us miss home.