It's interesting when something new comes along, a band of dwarfs playing electronic harps or something, but I'm not searching.

I can listen to all different sorts of music. I don't really care about The Next Big Thing.

We went in and recorded exactly where we were at that point in time. I think because of the quality of musicianship of the band has given it the longevity. I thought the music would endure, I didn't think I would ... I always thought I'd be dead by 30, then dead by 40 and on and on. Now I'm 55 so I didn't even die at 50.

You absorb so much from whatever your environment is, as an artist, and you learn to take from it what can help you create.

This week, I'm a gypsy. Maybe next week it'll be glitter rock.

There was no working title for the album. The record-jacket designer said `When I think of the group, I always think of power and force. There's a definite presence there.' That was it. He wanted to call it `Obelisk'. To me, it was more important what was behind the obelisk. The cover is very tongue-in-cheek, to be quite honest. Sort of a joke on 2001. I think it's quite amusing.

My finger picking is sort of a cross between Pete Seeger, Earl Scruggs, and total incompetence.