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Sometimes, I have lost out on a gig because I was not high enough profile.

People said I couldn't gig, and I proved them wrong.

I haven't been really nervous about a gig in a long time.

A lot of people don't think they can count on me, but I've never missed a gig in my life.

I use a Bruce Lee technique: 'The way of no way.' He had the idea that he would learn everything, so that whoever he had to fight, he could improvise anything. The best way of starting a gig is just to not think of anything - to clear your mind, not in an empty Zen state, but more just to go on and see where you go.

I'd gone through periods where I didn't work live performances for probably seven or eight months at a time.

Every band I knew or played with had flyers and properly-recorded demos and contacts; I couldn't even get a gig.

When I was younger and did a stand-up gig, it would take me two weeks to recover. Sometimes I'd get so panicked that I would stutter.

There's a big difference between doing the odd gig and actually having a record out and your name being on the ticket.

Because usually in the past when I was in a big band, that was all I did.