When you're on tour you definitely don't want lots of arguments. It's very important that everybody gets on because you're in close proximity a great deal of the time.

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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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

All your travelling is together, you eat together, you're on stage as a band together,...

All your travelling is together, you eat together, you're on stage as a band together,...

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...

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.

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 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...

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 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...

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'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,...