So i did that and the powers that be thought it would be good that a record accompany it. They actually just suggested a compilation of my work, but my total work is so disparate that when I suggested a compilation of love songs would make for a very good idea, they gave the go ahead.

If I'd finished my studies I should have been someone who understood enough about science to communicate it to society and vice versa.

I had then and still retain an interest in science for its own sake and as a metaphor for our current lives.

Certainly more experimentation was allowed or demanded in the past by both musicians and audiences. But music meant something different then, I think.

Being used to scientific terminology and theory it was always natural for me to push this stuff into songs.

It costs so much to promote something these days that almost always safety is the preferred option, reference back to things which have been successful in the past. Also, people are simply not given the time to develop and find themselves and their audience as we were.

In general, by this time we were approaching the end of the natural lifespan of the group(s). I regard it as a highly positive thing that we never compromised or did anything which would discredit the past work which we'd achieved.

Actually I think Art lies in both directions - the broad strokes, big picture but on the other hand the minute examination of the apparently mundane. Seeing the whole world in a grain of sand, that kind of thing.

In a way, if my work must be categorized, it's much more concerned with modern life than just the generalities of human life.