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In the past, I've been a bit diffident about my own albums, almost excusing them for some reason, even though deep down I felt strongly about them.

Everyone's just extracting meaning and feeling and emotion from almost every aspect of music, and I think that for me, it's a huge antidote to that to have a concept album.

It's really fun to get into that process of creating an album and telling a story. I really love it.

My first album is a lot of my personal experiences. I wanted people to relate to what I've been through.

Like all bands, the first two albums are always the ones most written about, and the most covered. When a band gets to their third of fourth album, the story of the band has already been told.

Close to the Edge, Red, One of a kind, Discipline, Earthworks, The Sound of Surprise, all seem to me to be albums that captured the essence of the intention.

Albums are chapters. They're part of a story.

To me I think artists in general make a statement - and for the rest of their lives - every album, every book - are variations on a theme.

We have no general conceptual thrust for the band, other than trying to make music that keeps our interest. When things are novel, they are probably things we have discovered by accident or investigation rather than by design.

I've probably written about three albums that no one will ever hear.