I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass.

I subscribe to the myth that an artist's creativity comes from torment. Once that's fixed, what do you draw on?

The wage for most musicians is a modest amount, and that includes me some of the time.

On a bike, being just slightly above pedestrian and car eye level, one gets a perfect view of the goings-on in one's own town.

I came to New York to be a fine artist - that was my ambition.

I like a good story and I also like staring at the sea-- do I have to choose between the two?

London's tempo is 122.86 beats per minute.