I always wanted to get out of Tokyo and in 1977, New York seemed like the most interesting place to visit. I didn't intend to live here- I just wanted to get out and see what was happening. I just happened to stay here then.

I was playing in other rock bands. Any of those bands didn't last long.

I really didn't intend to be a musician when I left Japan.

Improvising things is always changing. A lot of momentum.

I still think that I'm playing instruments, not just pushing buttons and there it goes. It's interactive and alive with the sound and the manipulation and it plays like instruments.

I'm interested in stories and the dark side of peoples' minds.

Blood and death. That moves me.