I've written lots of songs on the piano. My mother had a piano and it was the first instrument I played

The most important thing is to follow your instinct and get involved with some friends who have similar taste and aspirations and like music as much as you do.

Maybe if I go far enough back into my ancestry, I have African roots or something. I've got no idea

It's frustrating actually, the time involved in getting something released these days. My new CD has actually been finished for a year. It's only now that it's being released

I had to learn chord shapes... I bought books with chord charts. I used to listen to all kinds of pop music.

It's not rubbish to say that I was a bit peeved about not getting credit for a couple of songs, but that wasn't the whole reason. I guess I just felt like I had enough. I decided to leave and start a group with Jack Bruce

These days there's so much technology and ways you can learn. There are videos and CD roms.