Actually, I only left twice. I left then, and then rejoined literally two years later for Going For The One.

Even the two times that I left, I never really felt like I left the band. It's very bizarre. It's like there's sort of an umbilical cord that stretches between us spiritually.

Country and western is the music of the devil. Thats the real truth of the matter. My late Mother, bless her, loved country and western. God, I couldnt handle it.

Coming back to Yes is like never having left. Even when I have not been in the band, I have always felt part of it.

I like Toronto a lot, it's a good city. The only thing that really annoys me about Toronto is that you're turning Maple Leaf Gardens into a grocery store, which is absolutely nothing short of disgusting.

But I'd play on everything from pop records to a lot of the glam stuff to rock stuff to classical stuff. I used to get called to do all those things, it was great.

The studio is not the place to write. You need to be 75% ready when you go into the studio, and then the music can develop to the next stage.