It's a global fashion thing; because of the Internet it has gotten really small. It's cluttered, but it's gotten small.

I'm very, very open to experimenting with different people and trying to find different methods of writing and making music.

The Zombies were really unique - they had elements of jazz and classical music in their songs and songwriting. They had a very, very different sound compared to a lot of their contemporaries at the time.

In the early-'60s, when you look at that period of time - up to the mod time - when everybody was wearing skinnier suits and skinny lapels and skinny ties - that came out of the States, and that was quite cool.

Coming from a little suburban town, I wasn't a hip city kid. I was quite the opposite, really. Songs like 'Saturday's Kids' rang a bell for kids all over the country. That song was about the kids I grew up with.

I suppose I was much more serious-minded in the '70s and '80s.

You can listen to music at any moment in the day or night. Which is great, but I think it kind of devalues it as well.