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"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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"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."

"So, the combination of looking at lots of different people and how they react to each other and how they relate to each other and waiting for that inspiration is the thing that allows me to keep writing."

"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."

"In America, you watch TV and think that's totally unreal, then you step outside and it's just the same."

"So I've had lots of different bands over the years who have stayed with me for certain tours."

"When I was younger I was obsessed with writing, so even if I wanted to listen, I didn't have time."

"One of them would definitely be the Nelson Mandela gig, when I played the tribute song for him. He was up and dancing, and he really enjoyed it. It was a really lovely occasion."
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