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.

Improvising things is always changing. A lot of momentum.

With a rock band, you play the same things over and over and over.

I've done some music for films and I really enjoy doing it.

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

Blood and death. That moves me.

Actually, there was another band where we were three girls, around '84 when I met John Zorn, called Sunset Chorus. It was just bass and drums and guitar- we didn't make any records but we played a lot of different clubs in New York.