Live Aid did feel like one hour's rehearsal after several years, but to be part of Live Aid was wonderful. It reall was.

The only term I won't accept is "genius."

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.

I don't go walking into things blind.

When I started doing sessions, the guitar was in vogue. I was playing solos every day.

I've never regretted anything I've ever done.

There's a certain standard in classical music that allows the application of the term "genius," but you're treading on thin ice if you start applying it to rock & rollers.