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

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.

Classical music only really came into my life in 1969. I wish I had heard classical music and church music when I was a teenager or even as a child.

We do hear perhaps too many accolades generally aimed at people like Steve Jobs. We have to remember that there are other classic things in life that we undervalue and take them for granted. If you think of the classic lines of the modern jet aircraft, it's really been there since early World War II.

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

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.

Touring is what you make it. I like to organise as much as possible myself.