I feel a little uncomfortable about endorsements.

I'm always scouring the universe for great old instruments from the '50s and early '60s. That's really, for me, the golden age of basses, when they had just been invented within 10 years of that period and they had just started to come into their own, especially the old Fender jazz basses and old Rickenbackers and Gibsons. I'm always on the lookout. It's fun.

I have a lot of hobbies and I can be very remiss in reminding myself to go down to the basement to work.

For me, how I feel about what I wrote down turns into a song.

I like to be able to come and go as I please, and I don't really like having my face and name plastered around. I think it's a bit weird to have your name plastered on every page in a magazine, where in each case you're using a different piece of equipment.

That is what intrigues me; songwriting and song structure and expression.

It's hard for me to just practice without writing something.