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.

Quote by Joan Armatrading

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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.

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've always written in a free, unencumbered way.

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

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...