I think it's quite jarring and exciting when you see someone in the thrall of being completely transported by the music they're sharing with you.

One of my interests is to understand what constitutes the vibe of a place and what makes one concert different from another.

Going to the Sahara Desert and meeting the Touareg band Tinariwen was a life-changing experience. All through that time, I have just carried on learning and meeting musicians, and I keep finding links between different forms.

I have much clearer memories of my time in Egypt: songs on the radio, the rhythms that accompanied belly dancers, the sound of the adhan - the Muslim call to prayer. I just soaked it all up.

I have a lot of experience in playing all sorts of venues. And one of my interests is to understand what constitutes the vibe of a place and what makes one concert different from another. You can't fully measure or calculate these things, yet they are absolutely evident once you're on stage.

I think entertainment is a perfectly noble occupation.

I don't want to copy the people I admire - I'd rather find out what inspired them and try to find my own way through it.