There seems to be an inclination among rock musicians to be very carefree with money, but I negotiate the best flight and hotel deals on our tours to maximise the band's income - I don't want too see too much taken off the top line.

The flute was an alternative to being a small fish in an increasingly bigger pool filled with a number of great guitar players.

There's always going to be a little bit of autobiographical content to everything. It's how you lend some authority to what you write - you give it that weight by drawing on your direct experiences and indirect experiences from people that you know well, or a little.

I'm not one for Sudoku or crosswords - the thing that fires my little brain is doing tour budgets.

I was not a great guitarist, so I sold my 1960 Fender Stratocaster in exchange for a Shure Microphone, made in Chicago, and a flute.

Walk the lines of nature's palm crossed with silver and with gold.

I'm very much an observer and a conduit of thoughts and ideas.