For me, the guitar synthesizer is a great writing instrument.

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

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

I was totally into jazz in my teens.

There is always the working out of things, and you have to have sort of a gut response to it. And an intellectual response. And an aesthetic response. All that comes from having done this for a long time. Instead of saying, "That's a really good rock track, and that will do," I'm looking for something that is more original and fresh. There are a lot of elements to get into it: a level or sophistication, passion and excitement.

I am pretty embroiled in moving on and moving forward with music.

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