I come from a very small island which is packed with people. I mean, jam-packed with people. I've lived a life which has been pretty much full up with ambition, ideas, stimulus, creativity, some negativity, which I try to avoid. Austin is a great sort of stepping-off point, if you like. I'm from a temperate climate.

I am a reflection of what I sing. Sometimes I have to get serious because the things Ive been through are serious.

Each album has a different atmosphere. The third album and Houses of the Holy seem to be the two albums that people didn't get off on quite as strongly as the other ones. But I think they contain the basic ingredients for the further pursuance of what we're doing... the turning point to relieve the tedium of repetition.

Who wants to see 3 aging old racists on stage, anyway?

It's crucial that I kind of keep up, without drifting into the backslapping land of cliche and lifetime achievement awards.

It's OK to quote from your past. But I'm more interested in quoting from my present and pointing towards the future.

What I want to do, I do! I'm pretty fortunate.