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.

I just want to be in the studio. When you've got all the gear you want in your own house, it's difficult to go out and do something else, you know?

It all comes down to what you truly love doing, and what I love doing is overdubbing and making new sounds out of things that are sometimes quite ordinary on their own, but when you put them together, they make something new--or something that sounds new. Just discovering things like that musically is a pleasure.

Yes, I love to play drums and bass and guitar and piano. Those are the main instruments I play. That is it.

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.

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