"...working with other musicians gives you opportunities to explore     ideas which you probably wouldn't have thought of yourself.     Creativity in songwriting is generally borne out of experimentation,     anticipating reaction and offering different perspectives to alter     direction. The teamwork and camaraderie that exists in a small group     of musicians striving for the same goals creates good feeling and     kind of spiritual enclosure in which creativity can flourish.     With all of the bands I've worked with, it has been the buzz of     completing a new song, recording it or performing for the first     time, that has had the most appeal to me. Cover-versions are simply     crowd-pleasers to justify your presence on stage. Songwriting is     where you really have the chance to shine."     Neil Thomas