My nerves before a gig got worse; I had terrible bad nerves all the time. Once we started... I was fine.

I dare not drink before a gig because I'll get tired and blow it. So I have to sit drinking tea in a caravan.

There were times when I blundered and got the dreaded look from the lads. But that was a good sign. It showed I'd attempted something I'd not tried before.

We had offers to go everywhere and we could have done them. But what would have been the point? We were tired. We had worked hard and needed a break before we got stale. We spent six months at home and writing songs.

I hate it when people slag us off. We had done three tours during 1970 and we finished off feeling we had just about had enough. We had done so much in that short space of time, we were drained.

Women is fine once you got em pinned down, boss, but when they ain't pinned down they're hell.