Another time, we had three days off in Australia, so we went out of our way to fly to Ayres Rock.

In Genesis we saw ourselves as song-writers. After Peter Gabriel left I was the first to say: 'It's OK - we can just do instrumentals.'

I just figured if I'm going to call myself a songwriter throughout my life, then writing for most genres of music is something I should at least attempt.

I can't remember much about the early flights, except that it was ages before we got into First Class.

I very rarely listen to the in-flight stuff.

Often there's a BA crew, because half the time we stay at the same hotels, especially in Australia. I can remember spending quite a lot of time with crews around the pool there. They always make themselves known to us.

I am stopping so I can be a full time father to my two young sons on a daily basis.