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.

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

I read numerous books - loads in fact - and, as I always do when recording a historical project, immersed myself into the subject matter. I spent many hours at Henrys old homes, such as Hampton Court, and visiting the Tower of London. I read no other books during that period.

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

Ive been married three times and divorced three times.

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.

Success is buried in the garden of failure.