I think we are coming to a new era where people will record much faster.

If I'm playing a violin thing, for instance, I tend to respond to that sound with the way I finger.

It's been very hard for the guitar as a serious synthesizer to compete with keyboards.

More recently, I used guitar synthesizer extensively on the two albums I did with Robert Fripp.

I've got four or five records in my head at a time that I try to work on and I would like to do a guitar trio record next - since The Police I've mostly made records with keyboards.

I spend a lot of time working as a painter and in my studio I go from upstairs where I paint to downstairs where I play and record, so I get this thing crossing over.

It's exciting to see if you can create something that sounds, at least to your own ears, exciting.