I think playing solo is a second rate activity, really. For me, playing is about playing with other people.

But that methodology where players are pitted against other unfamiliar players has been so widely adapted now that anybody plays with everybody.

Personally, I've found that the kind of thing that I like is going into somebody else's area and not playing their music but doing whatever I do in their area.

If you could only play a record once, imagine the intensity you’d have to bring into the listening.

Free improvisation, in addition to being a highly skilled musical craft, is open to use by almost anyone - beginners, children, and non-musicians.

In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison.

Diversity is its most consistent characteristic....The characteristics of freely improvised music are established only by the sonic-musical identity of the person or persons playing it.