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

Blood and death. That moves me.

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

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.

The most important thing is that it's much more fun to play in a band than to be in an audience in a club. That's the main thing I think, that you can do it.

So now I don't have time to practice drums. It's been five years since I've touched the drums.

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