Van Morrison

I think when you get past your second album, it all becomes something of a routine. So you have to struggle against that, find a way of making what you do sound fresh and new each time.

I am about the arrangements and the layers of depth in the music.

My records do not require a lot of thought of 'What is this?' and 'What is that?' That would be too contrived for me.

I put out records to this day that are not necessarily in a sequence of anything. Some could be written a while back, some not. There is no set pattern.

My thinking musically has always been more advanced - it is difficult to get it down onto paper sometimes, even now.

For a long time, I couldn't actually deal with playing concerts; it was a totally alien concept to me, 'cause I was used to playing in clubs and dance halls.