I actually think the creative process is finite, and I'm wondering whether I've retched everything up. Because it's like vomiting or shitting.

It's sort of what jazz would be if it stopped being snobby and what rock would be if it stopped being stupid.

I suppose my father was more influential in my starting to play the guitar.

I've always liked the idea of improvised music. Improvised anything. It's what conversation is.

It's very schizophrenic because I like a lot of very straight pop, like Small Faces, Stones, Kinks; and on the other hand, I like a lot of avant garde things.

I actually got really petrified by the thought of people seeing me.

Now I lay me down to sleep Knowing that your lenses peep Now I eat my daily bread And into the tape spool I'll be fed