The first band I saw were Mike Sheridan and The Nightriders, in their brown mohair suits, in 1966.

I like the natural sound of a room. All the rooms have their own sound, so it's a matter of putting it where you like and seeing what it sounds like.

It was dark and misty for 2 weeks, and I didn't come up with a thing. Suddenly the sun shone and it was, 'Wow, look at those beautiful Alps.' I wrote 'Mr. Blue Sky' and 13 other songs in the next two weeks.

I think from the age of thirteen, I really wanted to be a producer and I've always thought that the producer was the top of the tree.

As you get older, the days have gone, and the years have gone, and it's 'whoosh!

At the end of the day I have to please myself. And I've made a record to please myself.

I don't actually like touring.