When you go on stage and it's your show, you don't really have to work that hard to win that audience because you've already won them.

I became the singer by default. I didn't know if I could do it. We tried other people, but couldn't find anyone we liked.

When you go on stage and it's your show, you don't really have to work that hard to win that audience because you've already won them.

I don't like to play the same set every night. I think the band would prefer the same 12 songs, to be honest, but if I get bored, then I think the audience gets bored too.

I have to drink wine before I go on stage. That is still part of the ritual, the ceremony. I usually go for a Cabernet or a Merlot. You're at the mercy of promoters who try to cut corners, so you don't always get the best wines in the world. But I look at the wine as being medicinal. It's not there to be enjoyed, it's part of my preparation for a show.

These are the decisions we make that lead us to where we are today.

I wrote the tunes. I was the driving force. The rest were quite happy just to go along with things. But it was more of a democracy then.