Albert recently sat down for an interview with Bunte magazine to discuss his career, family and most recent projects.  Read the complete interview online here.

Albert joined The Independent (UK) for their "Five-Minute Interview" recently to share his thoughts on his career, his life and the world around him.

Read the complete interview HERE.

In June of 2007, Rob Homan told his story on the Dutch Radio on the program called ‘Goudmijn’. This program allows listeners to tell a story about their personal connection with a famous song.  Rob told his story about “I’m A Train” by Albert Hammond.

“This song helped me pass a difficult time at school after doctors told me I had Asperger syndrome. When I bicycled to school, the song played in my head and it made me feel good, forget my problems. Since then, ‘I’m a Train’ has been my favorite song. Goudmijn gives away a piece of gold for the best story of the day, and the day I told mine, I got it. That was tremendous. But most of all I am happy about the fact that I was able to tell my story and to let people hear it!”

Albert decided to invite Rob, who one day wants to be a journalist, to do an interview with him for his website.  Here it is:

In June of 2008, you told an interviewer that you sometimes write songs on the highway.  Did a train pass when you wrote ‘I’m A Train’?

No.  I often write songs about different or abstract things in the world, songs that are not love songs.  I have written songs about trains, flies, the ding of a metronome – I like to write about things that are not usually written about.

Is there anywhere else where you get inspiration to write?

I get inspiration from everything in life.  When I feel things or think about things, it travels through my body, like it’s getting processed, and it becomes a song.  Sometimes it just comes out very quickly.

Who’s Rebecca?

She was a Playboy bunny that I met at the Playboy Club in St. Louis in 1972.  The rest is in the song.

Do you have a special bond with a particular song of yours, like “I’m a Train” is special for me?

I think I would have to say “When I Need You” because it says everything about life itself.

Your son, Albert Hammond Jr., is a singer as well. Did he got his passion for music from you?

I don’t know.  That’s not a question I can answer.  You’d have to ask him.

Have you ever wanted to return to Gibraltar?

Yes, of course.  I still do.  It’s where I grew up.

At this time, you do not perform as much as you did between 1970 and 1980.  What are you doing these days?

I am very busy writing new songs.  I am also working on developing a musical based on an idea I had for a story many years ago.  Recently I have done some live apperances and television shows in Europe.  I plan to do a European tour in summer of 2010.  

Have you ever regretted being a singer? So did you ever wanted to do something else?

No, I always wanted to do this since I was eight years old.