Occasionally I hear a band that blows me away. For instance, there's a musician in Oakland named Weasel Walter who has a band called the Flying Luttenbachers. Go see the Flying Luttenbachers when they're in your town. He's one of the greatest rock composers who ever lived, and he's struggling and living like a poverty-stricken hermit.

One hundred guitarists making lots of noise would not be something you'd want to listen to.

I like to read. I've become obsessed with fiction. And it's too bad: I'm a musician many people love and I myself am not part of the music scene.

I started out in theatre and I definitely have wanted to add extra musical elements to my music with both imagery and text.

I want the music to be ambiguous. Its tone gives you a context in which to start visualizing what you're feeling with the music.

I'm constantly revising and updating a piece until it's finally recorded. Once it's recorded, then it's over.

It's crucial that people are on the right measure at the right time.