I was dealing with a lot of spiritual questions like "Who am I?" "What is God" "What is the meaning of life?" All of these questions that I think we can either face head on or choose to ignore, it's up to us.

Music speaks from spirit to spirit and in that sense you could call it a true spiritual language.

The music dictates to me which instrument I use. I'm basically waiting for orders as it were.

Music that touches the transcendental aspect of a human being is reserved for a marginal audience

When Indian musicians play a raga it's very restrictive. But, in a way these restraints are essential to liberate yourself through them, if that makes sense. I'm very much of this school of rhythm, it's the direction I'm drawn in when I'm writing and improvising.

When the music arrives in my mind, it gives me the direction and the form at the same time. It's integrated into the music itself.

When you open box after box of old comics and they're ALL "Archie," you have suffered a trauma from which it is difficult to ever recover.