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.
If you listen to what's on the pop charts, everything is machine oriented.
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.
I'm old enough to know what music was like before rock & roll.
No one enjoys being away from friends and family.
I like African and avant-garde music, anything that's vaguely interesting. Hard rock I get a bit bored with because it's what I do. So anything outside of hard rock's fine by me.