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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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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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,...

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...

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...

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...