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...

That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work...

That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Just an hour with you, and I understand why we had to meet.

Just an hour with you, and I understand why we had to meet.

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...

In America, you watch TV and think that's totally unreal, then you step outside and...

In America, you watch TV and think that's totally unreal, then you step outside and...

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 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,...