I Do Like Eddie Van Halen As

Many Years Ago I Was Fishing, And As I Was Reeling In The Poor Fish, I Realised, 'i Am Killing Him - All For The Passing Pleasure It Brings Me'. Something Inside Me Clicked. I Realised As I Watched Him Fight For Breath That His Life Was As Important To Him As Mine Is To Me.

Painting Is Similar To Music. You Get A Couple Or Words Or Notes Or Chords That Excite You, And You Just Follow Them And Add A Bit More And See Where It Takes You. That's The Thrill For Me. It Still Is A Thrill, Which Is Amazing After All This Time.

All We Ever Got In Those [early] Days Was "where Are You From? Liverpool? You'll Have To Be In London Before You Can Do It. Nobody's Ever Done It From Liverpool.

I Realized Marvelling At Nature Was A Deep Pleasure Of Mine.

It's As Serious As Anyone Ever Gets, You Know. It's Just Words. It's Just Good Poetry.