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When I was younger I was obsessed with writing, so even if I wanted to listen, I didn't have time.
Writing is all about self-editing; it's all about being present being aware of what's happening
Writing music is just something that I was born to do.
Many lovers have come and gone
Some I miss and some I don't.
Some were handsome, none were plain;
My good fortune, I suppose.
It's a very organic process, and it has a specific order to it. I love to write, and once you've written, then you arrange. After the arrangement, you record it, and then you tour it.
I've written what and when I want to. It's been about expressing myself. But with the degree, I had to learn to do everything in a very specific, disciplined way. I am very disciplined, but this demanded a totally different kind of discipline. A real challenge.
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.
This band - because this is myself on electric and acoustic guitars - we've done three tours together now and I really, really like it which is why I did the DVD as well.
I've always written in a free, unencumbered way.
Yes, but the great thing about all the people - and I don't think there is any exception - who I've worked with is they've all been very, very talented musicians.
Right from day one, you know when you've written a good song.
In America, you watch TV and think that's totally unreal, then you step outside and it's just the same.
That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well - and just have fun on stage.
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.
Inspiration doesn't really work like that - you're not looking out for it. Inspiration is something that tends to capture you rather than you capture it.
Yesterday I was playing Beethoven's fifth, because I love that.
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.
I love to go on tour and perform. I love all the parts of the process.
Classical, Romantic, and Baroque music, that's what I really like.
