All your travelling is together, you eat together, you're on stage as a band together, when you get to the sound-check the band and the crew are all together.

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So I've had lots of different bands over the years who have stayed with me...

So I've had lots of different bands over the years who have stayed with me...

Writing music is just something that I was born to do.

Writing music is just something that I was born to do.

My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started...

My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started...

I love to go on tour and perform. I love all the parts of the...

I love to go on tour and perform. I love all the parts of the...

I've always written in a free, unencumbered way.

I've always written in a free, unencumbered way.

Right from day one, you know when you've written a good song.

Right from day one, you know when you've written a good song.

When you're on tour you definitely don't want lots of arguments. It's very important that...

When you're on tour you definitely don't want lots of arguments. It's very important that...

So, the combination of looking at lots of different people and how they react to...

So, the combination of looking at lots of different people and how they react to...

Inspiration doesn't really work like that - you're not looking out for it. Inspiration is...

Inspiration doesn't really work like that - you're not looking out for it. Inspiration is...

Yesterday I was playing Beethoven's fifth, because I love that.

Yesterday I was playing Beethoven's fifth, because I love that.

This band - because this is myself on electric and acoustic guitars - we've done...

This band - because this is myself on electric and acoustic guitars - we've done...

So if you're on tour for eight months, a year... or whatever it is you...

So if you're on tour for eight months, a year... or whatever it is you...

Classical, Romantic, and Baroque music, that's what I really like.

Classical, Romantic, and Baroque music, that's what I really like.

I've written what and when I want to. It's been about expressing myself. But with...

I've written what and when I want to. It's been about expressing myself. But with...

You don't have to be rich and famous. You just have to be an ordinary...

You don't have to be rich and famous. You just have to be an ordinary...

One of them would definitely be the Nelson Mandela gig, when I played the tribute...

One of them would definitely be the Nelson Mandela gig, when I played the tribute...

When I was younger I was obsessed with writing, so even if I wanted to...

When I was younger I was obsessed with writing, so even if I wanted to...

Yes, but the great thing about all the people - and I don't think there...

Yes, but the great thing about all the people - and I don't think there...

It's a very organic process, and it has a specific order to it. I love...

It's a very organic process, and it has a specific order to it. I love...

I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people,...

I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people,...