Growing up in Wales was a pretty Draconian experience with religion.

There was a time where I was the youngest one in any group, and now when I turn around sometimes, I'm the oldest one in every group. It just seemed to flip-flop one day - it wasn't a gradual thing.

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.

I'm content with making records, but I don't want to be doing the same thing all the time.

The value of having a computer, to me, is that it'll remember everything you do. It's a databank.

I want to get lean and mean, keep it minimalist.

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.