It’s true, that working with established artists and people that have done it for many years has a lot to it. Obviously, they’re great musicians and they’re practised in their art and know what they’re doing, and because they know what they’re doing, they can be more demanding.
I’ve worked with Oasis and Robbie Williams, and some of these people have fairly large personalities to go with their extremely large talents, which sometimes means they can be slightly difficult to work with. With new artists, of course, there’s inexperience, and that’s where I’m supposed to come in, with my years of experience in helping them make records.
There is a big difference between working with new artists and more established ones. Are they easier to work with? They’re all difficult to work with in their own ways, they’ve all got artistic temperaments, but I guess, so do I.