I am a very extreme sort of character, as I don't do things by halves.
I cut out bread, I don't eat after 6 P.M., and I go on walks, and it's had a great effect.
'Tales From Topographic Oceans' is like a woman's padded bra. The cover looks good, but when you peel off the padding, there's not a lot there.
There are people who think the film 'This Is Spinal Tap' is simply a very funny 'mockumentary.' Well, with Yes, we lived it. Take the hilarious scene in the film in which the bass player is trapped in a giant pod - that actually happened to Alan one night.
Since the 1980s, I've been known more for my TV work, I used to host 'Live at Jongleurs' and of course 'Grumpy Old Men,' and so it's really all come from there. It's been a funny career really, there are people that know me now as a TV person, a comedian, an interviewer - I've had people genuinely gobsmacked to find out I am a musician.
I am a Yes fan, ultimately. I've been a member of the band, but I was always a fan of the band first.
Apparently I'm well-known for my stories, my raconteur tales, that sort of thing.
I'm a Freemason, and we love to celebrate Burns' night: piping in the haggis, the whole lot.
