I view life as a learning experience. It is not so much all about music; it is about what happens when you are doing the music.

Phil has always been a fighter. He was getting in fights all the time. I told him that if he ever hit me then I would leave the band. He wanted to find out if I was telling him the truth. He hit me so I left and that is how UFO split up.

I practiced for at least two hours every day for twenty years, before then I practiced maybe four to five hours a day, and before then 14 hours a day. It was all I had ever done.

Even when I was very depressed, I could hold on to something. It seems that I have always had that streak of gold that I could hold on to.

If everyone would look for that uniqueness then we would have a very colorful world.

The other thing that has made playing live for me more enjoyable is the audience. I never knew I had such heartfelt, loving fans.

I love to be creative.