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

In the studio you have pretty much carte blanche with whatever you're doing. You can turn natural instruments into electronic instruments.

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

What I enjoy most about being on stage is that the natural instruments give you a greater freedom with texture. When you use natural instruments they have their own resonance.

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

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.

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.