Over the years I have tried to develop something which is technically assured.

When Philip Glass asked me if I would be interested in doing a new recording of Jesus' Blood he assumed that I would do something similar to the first version and wanted to know what other pieces would be on the same CD.

It's rather like attending a university seminar where you are talking to a few gifted specialists who deliver a paper to an audience of their peers. That's one way of making music.

What was once underground is now coming to the surface.

There's another way of making music, by touching the lives and feelings of ordinary people.

One thing I'm doing on the new Titanic recording is actually bringing in different acoustic spaces.

It makes sense to invest in new work. It's almost like having a research department in a scientific laboratory. You have to try things out. You'll make some bad mistakes. Some things will fail but at least you'll energise the organisation.