As a songwriter, I was influenced by David Bowie - a great writer. A class above everybody in so many ways. Lennon and McCartney, of course. Class stuff. David Cousins was my favorite lyricist.

Success is buried in the garden of failure.

Ive been married three times and divorced three times.

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.

When I die, I'll probably climb out of the coffin and play the organ at my own funeral!

But I listen to live recordings of things that I did back in the '70s and then how I've done things since. And there's no doubt about it: if I compare the two, it's like chalk and cheese.

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.