I have realised how exciting and easy it is to be a time traveller by looking at paintings and films and architecture and playing music or listening to it. I don't think you necessarily have to live in the present all the time.

A good example of the modern world is the Eurotunnel. And mobile phones - I like them.

'The Tube' was the first time the plebs had gone on the television. The lunatics taking over the asylum.

I do so much travelling in my work that my suitcase is always packed, with my passport ready. I rarely unpack, as I am constantly on the move.

Naggers always know what they are doing. They weigh up the risks, then they go on and on and on until they get what they want or until they get punched.

I learned from Van Morrison and BB King that the first take is the best. It's about capturing a moment. It's the same as love's first kiss. If you try to do it again, it doesn't work so well.

Without the piano my life would be a disaster - nobody would hold me in any regard. It's the thing that saved me.