There were 'big stars' at the Alamo! Bowie, Crockett! It is a huge political event because it, and the events at Goliad and San Jacinto, changed the look of a map of America. America would be a very different place if Texas had remained Mexican.

I was talking to Australian press earlier, and they said: we never stopped playing you. I tended to forget about that. It brings a smile to your face that there is this continuing thing, that people like what you do.

As a composer I approached the drums differently than a non-composing drummer. I embraced drum machines.

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.

I'm usually going to make a record, finish a record, start a record or start a tour or between tours.

Everyones a hypercrit and if you don't agree you're a liar as well

I just don't think of myself as a star. This is what I do for a living; I'm fortunate that I make ends meet.