What I wanted to do was play the guitar but I don't like instrumental rock. I think it is tripe.

Start with the titles, and then build the music that goes with them.

I was totally into jazz in my teens.

I don't like playing standards. I like to do my own cutting edge work.

I'm just trying to avoid any sort of generic kind of music - I don't want to do generic jazz or fusion.

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

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.