In a certain sense, aspects of my solo playing were developed in order to test the theory about how long particular elements could be, as parts of so-called free improvisations.

I think the whole question of meaning in music is difficult enough even if you hear me playing live right now in the same room! What I mean and what you take from it may be two quite different things anyway.

My roots are in my record player.

Improvisation is a compositional method.

In my mind these two instruments speak to me in different ways, and the solo stuff seems to be easier to do on the soprano.

You know, the whole philosophy of ad hoc combinations has its strengths and its weaknesses.

I think the solo playing, the decision to start playing solo, came out of having discovered what lay behind the doors that that technique opened for me.