There was a period when I'd just come out of college where I'd been playing classical guitar and I suddenly realised that it wasn't what I wanted to do with the rest of my life.

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

The thing about photography is, some people surround themselves with extremely strong subject matter. And unless you're a moron, you're going to get a really strong photograph.

It is not very practical in today’s world when you tour all over the place having a big band.

Ive also just come off a year and a half playing acoustic shows which is fantastic for the hands, and changes your head a little bit.

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

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.