The truth is, I initially became a singer-songwriter while still in my teens because it was the only way to guarantee that somebody on earth would sing the songs I was writing. Since then, I've performed just about everywhere: rock clubs, concerts halls, arenas, TV.

A lot of my early career, I wrote story songs that had narratives, that had plots.

But thankfully, my first album, Wide Screen, was sort of a critics darling - everyone raved about it, but no one bought it. They only manufactured 10,000 copies; I wasnt even in the running for failure!

I think writing for a world one has invented can be infinitely more interesting than writing for the world we've all inherited.

If you like making love at midnight in the dunes of the cape, you're the love that I've looked for, come with me and escape.

The truth is, I initially became a singer-songwriter while still in my teens because it was the only way to guarantee that somebody on earth would sing the songs I was writing. Since then, I've performed just about everywhere: rock clubs, concerts halls, arenas, TV.

I first had the thought about making a musical of 'Edwin Drood' as far back as 1971.