I came back from Japanese tour a broken man to find that one of my outside productions was very high in the charts and that was Nazareth. I stepped into another career and suddenly became a well-known producer.

No one enjoys being away from friends and family.

I don't want to produce anyone that doesn't want to be produced by me.

If you listen to what's on the pop charts, everything is machine oriented.

I don't listen to hard rock or heavy metal. I suppose I've always been influenced by folk music, I'm a big Bob Dylan fan.

I'm old enough to know what music was like before rock & roll.

Obviously you take any creative people and put them in a room and you're going to get clashes, you're going to get friction.