Tales From Topographic Oceans is like a woman's padded bra.

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.

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.

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.

Tales From Topographic Oceans is like a woman's padded bra.

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.

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