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.

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.

People like Frank Zappa were amazing for us Brits.

The secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place.

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.

Success is buried in the garden of failure.