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

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

Whatever works for the piece I'm thinking about is the way I write.

I'm just not arbitrarily choosing to have five guitars play one type of thing. In that way there's a definite similarity between a symphony orchestra and the 100 guitar symphony.

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

I liked rock music going back to the '60s, but I never ever had any desire to be a rock musician and when I started doing a band it was experimental music.

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.