The Long Arm Of The Law Slides

I Get Very Frustrated By This Term 'genre Exercise.' I Mean, What Exactly Is That? Genre Is Not Really Relevant When You Are Writing A Song; Hopefully You Are Doing It To Explore Something, To Create Something, And I Don't Agree That Any Of My Albums Are Genre Exercises.

My Dad's Father Was A White Star Line Trumpet Player In The '20s. It Shaped The Way That I Think About Music. My Grandfather Was Classically Trained, Military Trained. He Was An Orphan Who Ended Up In The Military School Of Music In Kneller Hall.

I've Had A Lot Of Different Experiences In Music Over The Years.and Not Everything You Do Can Satisfy Everybody's Idealised Version Of You.

Some People Can't Physically Hear Things. A Kid That Listens To Metallica Or Something Can't Hear That, Because He's Filled Himself Up With This Stuff, He Physically Can't Hear A Banjo Or A Harp Or Something.

There Are Five Things To Write Songs About: I'm Leaving You. You're Leaving Me. I Want You. You Don't Want Me. I Believe In Something. Five Subjects, And 12 Notes. For All That, We Musicians Do Pretty Well.