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.

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.

The early ELP albums were pioneering in a way.

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 love touring in the United States. It's dramatically different wherever you go. North to south you're going from snow to palm trees.

Traveling is a bit of a push sometimes. When you're doing a lot of miles and you're doing a lot of shows, it does get wearing.

I understand travel. I understand the experience of travel. I mean there is something of the "air-conditioned gypsy" in me.