I feel with ELP that I wasn't making the most of my life and I wasn't making the most of my creativity. I was marking time. I don't want to do that. Life is to short.

I like the sense of the road passing my eyes. It's always a fascinating experience to come into a new city...the sense of the people changing, the food changing, everything changing, the art.

I couldn't say there is a formula to songwriting. Each time is a unique experience.

Again there are so many records which contain fond memories and music and songs of which I have to say I am quite proud. There are a couple of tracks which in retrospect on which I now wish I had pushed the red button, however I'm sure this is true of any artist career that has spanned the number of years that mine has. I do not believe however that I have ever made a bad record and I have certainly never made a record to which I didn't give my complete commitment.

The early ELP albums were pioneering in a way.

Making a comeback is one of the most difficult things to do with dignity.

As I said to Ringo, I was in a successful Rock N Roll band. He was in a band that changed the world. That's the difference.