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My Father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic.
My dad is my biggest influence on me as a musician, even though he's not a musician.
I don't think I've ever met a drummer who didn't tell me that my dad was an influence. He's a tough act to follow.
Dad's influence naturally came into me, rather than trying to emulate every detail. His way of teaching me was to be sparse, and to be explosive when it needed to be.
I'm trying to create a collection of stories - the 'U.F.O.W.A.V.E.' songs are all stories. I haven't really taken direct lyrical influence from other songwriters, but my dad bought me a book of W.H. Auden's poems when I was younger, and the imagery really interested me.