I borrowed a guitar at age 16 and taught myself to play because I wanted to write songs.

My favorite puzzle is trying to work out the parts myself, after all it is a solo effort.

As much as I love performing, nothing juices me up creatively like being in my own studio for an extended period. Songs, ideas, even paintings are pouring out of me. My inspiration and usual subject matter: life.

I didn't make my first solo record until 1981 so I don't have any 60′s or 70′s recordings but I am working on a large boxed set called DUST to be released next year, the 20th anniversary of my first solo record.

I was left with an urge to make the guitar sound like things it shouldn't be able to sound like.

King Crimson is never easy; it's challenging. That's why I like it.

I love drums and still play frequently.