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

Time plays a role in almost every decision. And some decisions define your attitude about time.

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.

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

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

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