I'm fascinated by what people will do to each other. Actually, I'm sort of interested in the gory details of life.

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.

The answer is inside your head; it's easy to find if you take it logically.

I do that in whatever language of the country I'm in, because the audience appreciate it.

I'm not sure at all about the current prog rock scene.

The stereotypical rock-star-trashing-a-hotel-room thing? Those days had passed by the time I was in a band big enough to do it.

It's not often that an English drummer gets an Oscar. So I'm very, very proud of that.