So if you're on tour for eight months, a year... or whatever it is you definitely don't want arguments and I'm happy to say that I've always had a really nice bunch of people around me all the time.

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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.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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'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...

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.

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...

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

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