Complex sentence: In the interview, he stated he was taking time off to have a break, be with his family and then lean towards a musical direction in countrified rock, rather than than the power vocals he had been doing in recent times, with the Sweet.
Split into simpler sentences: In the interview, he stated he was taking time off to have a break, be with his family and then lean towards a musical direction in countrified rock. This being rather than than the power vocals he had been doing previously, with the Sweet.