With a rock band, you play the same things over and over and over.
So now I don't have time to practice drums. It's been five years since I've touched the drums.
I've done some music for films and I really enjoy doing it.
I'm interested in stories and the dark side of peoples' minds.
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 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.