You learn so much about music from all the people you surround yourself with - good, bad and indifferent. It's extremely hard to be specific.

We were from totally different social backgrounds. This is what is very hard for an American to understand, but we could have been five guys from Mars.

And I like messing around in the engine room of music. Seeing what happens in the rhythm section area.

At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy.

If I was hearing something I couldn't do, I would figure out how to do it.

I seldom play in a trio, but acoustic music is likely to be lighter, quicker, and quieter.

This amateurism however, can sometimes be helpful in forging a style; you have to work around your weaknesses.