I left basically to get a different perspective on life. I wasn't satisfied with myself or the type of music I was doing. I just felt I'd dried up.

It's definitely changed my perspective on being alive. Everything is enhanced now. Things smell 10 times as strong, you can hear all the noises around, everything is brighter.

When I have sat at home with this God-given talent for music for a long time, somebody approaches me out of the blue and asks me to play for them. It's almost as though there's a force somewhere which is saying 'no sittin' around, out you go!

Playing live for a good cause is something I like to do. I like the response of the Indian people, I like their depth and the way they look beyond the surface of things.

Give me anything that moves my heart, that gives me goosebumps.

I just like simplicity. I like simple songs, I like simple chords, simple vocals, simple lead guitar. I just like simplicity. That's just the way I like it.