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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. "
Band
Crew
You
" Classical, Romantic, and Baroque music, that's what I really like. "
Romantic
Baroque
Like
" I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians. "
I Am
Influence
Big
" I found my sound early on. Look at U2: they haven't changed their music for 20 years. Anyway, many people come unstuck when they try to change what they do and what they are known for. "
Look
Early
Change
" I love to go on tour and perform. I love all the parts of the process. "
I Love
Tour
Go
" In America, you watch TV and think that's totally unreal, then you step outside and it's just the same. "
You
Step
Think
" Inspiration doesn't really work like that - you're not looking out for it. Inspiration is something that tends to capture you rather than you capture it. "
Capture
Work
You
" 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. "
Write
You
Tour
" I've always written in a free, unencumbered way. "
Always
Free
Unencumbered
" I've written what and when I want to. It's been about expressing myself. But with the degree, I had to learn to do everything in a very specific, disciplined way. I am very disciplined, but this demanded a totally different kind of discipline. A real challenge. "
Way
Myself
I Am
" Just an hour with you, and I understand why we had to meet. "
Understand
Why
You
" My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs. "
Started
Room
Piano
" 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. "
Tribute
Lovely
Song
" Right from day one, you know when you've written a good song. "
Good
You
Song
" 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. "
Happy
You
Nice
" So I've had lots of different bands over the years who have stayed with me for certain tours. "
Years
Me
Over
" 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. "
Looking
People
Me
" That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well - and just have fun on stage. "
Work
People
Me
" This band - because this is myself on electric and acoustic guitars - we've done three tours together now and I really, really like it which is why I did the DVD as well. "
Myself
Together
Three
" When I was younger I was obsessed with writing, so even if I wanted to listen, I didn't have time. "
Younger
Writing
Time
" When you're on tour you definitely don't want lots of arguments. It's very important that everybody gets on because you're in close proximity a great deal of the time. "
Deal
Great
Important
" Writing music is just something that I was born to do. "
Born
Just
Writing
" Yes, but the great thing about all the people - and I don't think there is any exception - who I've worked with is they've all been very, very talented musicians. "
Yes
Think
People
" Yesterday I was playing Beethoven's fifth, because I love that. "
Playing
Because
Fifth
" You don't have to be rich and famous. You just have to be an ordinary person, doing extraordinary things. I'd like more people to know that it's there. Women's achievements still aren't recognised enough in many areas. "
Know
People
Famous
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