I like it here in New York. I like the idea of having to keep eyes in the back of your head all the time.

I like what the future holds. I don't like thinking about the past.

The avant-garde makes more sense to me.

Even if you're improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you make those improvisations successful. It really helps to have a certain amount of knowledge about musical structure.

If I'm interested in what I'm doing, other people will be interested in it.

We gave up on the idea of trying to make the record a good representation of the live performance.

I'm writing a movie about Mozart going to New York in the '60s. I've been reading so many novels.