A lot of people have been asking whether I would ever go into politics. I'm not sure I would.

A lot of people have been asking whether I would ever go into politics. I'm not sure I would.

Walt had a seat-of-the-pants approach on what he wanted musically. We kind of 'read' the boss and had a very high batting average, but there were occasions when he felt we had just written the wrong piece for the situation he wanted. We invariably listened to what he wanted - he was very descriptive in what he wanted and we could read him. We'd go back to the drawing board and work out what he wanted. He was a great inspiration, but a tough taskmaster.

Everybody is a critic, everybody has a voice, everybody can reach you. Everybody is an expert and that's what makes it fun.

Sometimes, months elapse before we've completed the song completely. There's no set rule. Something inside of you says - 'now you can present it!' If one of us feels it's not quite right, lyrically or melodically, we don't present it.

Work hard and believe in yourself even when nobody else believes in you.

The success doesn't define you. The success isn't what gave you the edge in the first place. The failure didn't give me the edge, either.