‘Like ‘Big World’ this is a diverse record which I tried to tie together with an overall theme. In ‘Big World’ it was Travel, and this time it was a journey through life, from childhood to some sort of vaguely-defined maturity. I think it’s a stronger album than the previous two. It has a kind of epic quality, with a 16-piece band. For the tour I cut it down to a mere eleven. I still lost money.’