In the wake of the events of 11 September 2001, it now seems clear that the shock of the attacks was exploited in America.

Complexity and intelligence grow from simplicity, not from greater complexity.

All music has political dimensions because it suggests a way of being.

Songs that don't depend on composition depend instead on performance - so the fire has to be there in the playing.

Once you've grown to accept something and it becomes part of the system you've inherited, you don't even notice it any longer.

The reason I don't tour is that I don't know how to front a band. What would I do? I can't really play anything well enough to deal with that situation.

If you are part of a religion that very strongly insists that you believe then to decide not to do that is quite a big hurdle to jump over. You never forget the thought process you went through. It becomes part of your whole intellectual picture.