I love playing. If it was down to just that, it would be utopia.

I don't go walking into things blind.

Music can always be a life-changing experience, for musicians and fans, or at least life-affecting, but it depends on to what degree.

Let's just say I'm like a ship passing through storms, resting in ports now and then until it's time to continue the journey. I once told a friend, `I'm just looking for an angel with a broken wing - one that couldn't fly away.'

I always felt if we were going in to do an album, there should already be a lot of structure already made up so we could get on with that and see what else happened.

I don't like to tell people what format they can get things in, or say, "I'm only going to release this on vinyl and nothing else. You have to come to my world." I don't like to say that to people either. But, I do think there's a loss of romance.

My guitar style was developed during that 10-year period. That's me. That's the way I play, and I don't wish to play any other way. Our own individual identities are firmly stamped on this album.