If Your Only Arbiter Of Anything Is

Engineering Stimulates The Mind.

When I Was In Employment As A Regular Line Pilot, I Used To Take Unpaid Leave To Go On Tour With Iron Maiden. I Got Lucky - They Let Me Off

Life On The Road Can Get A Little One-dimensional. I Didn't Want To Reach 40 And Have To Say All I'd Done Was Look Out The Window Of A Tour Bus And Get Drunk.

The Celebrity Thing, I Mean, Lindsay Lohan - What's She For? I Look At That And Throw My Hands Up In Despair.

I Enjoy Making Solo Albums Because Over The Years It's Evolved Into More Of A Genuine Personal Expression Of Story-telling And Day Dreams, And I Work In A Way That Has More Control.