When you're touring, you only see the auditorium and the hotel room. You can't go out because you get mobbed. You're tired, edgy and under pressure. The fun had gone out of it, so we decided to walk away from it all.
Success doesn't scare us. I think we have staying power.
I never professed to be a great drummer but I was a very heavy drummer.
We copied our hairstyle from Prince Charles, not the Beatles.
That was the ultimate high, playing live. You feel like the Pied Piper, or a conductor, knowing how to take an audience up or bring them down.
I was raised Church of England but I love the Buddhist philosophy, it's very powerful, non-violent.