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It's very important for me to try to relax when I'm travelling, and playing my flute helps me to unwind.

Basically, I like to pick up my flute, which is a pretty instrument, and play pretty on it.

I can play the flute. Music was my favourite A-level, and I used to love composing my and stylising my voice to sound like 90's singing sensation Tori Amos.

I do not consider my self as having mastered the flute, but I get a real kick out of trying.

I played the flute in elementary school, but when I got into high school, they didn't have any flutes; they gave me a clarinet and said, 'Play it in the same way, just hold in a different position.' I really didn't care much for it.

All the time I was playing the flute, the lines, the solos, the riffs, the construction, were based on my guitar skills. I did not play the flute to exploit its natural faculties, but I used it as a surrogate guitar.

I'm practicing the oboe. But I don't play. Just single notes, not an entire piece of music.

I play the harmonica. The only way I can play is if I get my car going really fast, and stick it out the window.

I play the real instruments. I don't waste my time with anything else.

I find that classical music helps put me in a place that is very calming and allows me to express emotion through my body. I played clarinet as a child, so I guess I have a bit of a musical ear.