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 so simple in the old days. You put out an album, people promoted it, it got in the charts, and you had a hit.

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

When you do a song new live on stage, it's kind of a bit weird until it gets worn in, you know, like oiled up a bit. It's still a little bit stiff until you really thrashed at it for a few 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.

I'm still getting thrilled with music even after 40 years of doing it professionally.

I try to find nice chord changes, that's how I love to start, and then I start trying to knock it into a song, knock it into shape.