I used to go to my local pub and it was like a sanctuary, nobody dared ask for an autograph. You went in there for a ploughman's and a pint, and you went home and watched TV. Believe me, there's more to watch on British TV than American, except for CNN right now. But yeah, I miss it.

No seriously... when there's families, you tend to go back to your room after the gig rather than go for a drink with the other guys. But there's always someone who's got something going, like the tour manager.

You know, I've released some great records and I've released some dogs. But frankly, the fun is in creating the thing.

To be honest, I couldn't hold a conversation with anybody in any language other than English - and that's a struggle sometimes!

I'm much happier just to write myself out of the script entirely.

It's always been easy with Mark, he's a rock fan and we speak the same language. He's a big Beatles fan too. We worked a lot via CLI calls, though only meeting up once every couple of months.

If it's the beginning of something - like an album, I'm working on the lyrics and I take a walkman and headset.