If you want to capitulate to what commercial needs are, you can always be commercially valuable, but I'm not interested in being that.

It was both exciting and frustrating to work with an orchestral group.

I always write lyrics first and the rhythm and the melody come from the lyrics. It always comes from the lyrics: words have rhythm and words have melody.

When I left HEEP I didn't know what I wanted! It took me a long time to adjust to life away from the band and the only thing I knew was that I didn't want to repeat my mistakes!

The band projects just took natural priority. I didn't really have a solo career, just wanted to share the music in another way and to learn more about writing, recording, etcetera.

The past has infinite value if one learns from it.

People often forget this - a vinyl album could only contain a maximum of 20 minutes per side!