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I'm getting in the studio with everybody I've always wanted to work with. That's the amazing thing.

When I get in the studio the idea is just to work and bang out as many as I can.

I'm not the only one in the studio a lot of times, so I have my boys in there and they'll tell me and give me their suggestions and what they think.

I thought I had swell ideas, and wonderful musicians, but the hell of it, no one else did.

I've always enjoyed the enthusiasm of the best studio musicians and, over the years, have collected so many inspired contributions from them.

I did quite a lot of the arranging, fitting different sections together, tempo changes, all sorts of things like that. I actually acted as a bridge between Robert and Ian. Not so much composing, rather presenting musical ideas at each rehearsal.

It's such a joy to work with different ensembles and create a collaboration. Rehearsing and building a performance is very interesting for me.

I realized I liked being in the studio and working on translating the ideas into recordings.

I don't think I'll ever be a producer who's into taking the meetings and fighting the big fights with studios. I really don't like that part. I'm much more interested in the material.

My ideas come when I least expect it, so I've always got to have a studio nearby or close by somewhere.