I use a laptop more as a tool, as sort of the central artery. Everything goes through the digital audio card of my computer, but if I had my druthers I'd do everything in dedicated hardware.

I've got a bunch of circuit-bent boxes and things that are controlled by my Mac through a big breakout box. I want to create this total environment where I can bring all this gear to the show but maybe just use one or two elements, if that's what's called for.

Records can ruin you. That's why it's important to be as intimately familiar as possible with the history of recorded music, I guess. In a way, it's an argument for record collecting.

I'm not a perfectionist by a long shot, but self-doubt is a large part of my creative process.

Unfortunately I've gotten more resistance in the last year than I ever have.

I don't want to rewrite history.

The computer does things that can't be done with hardware, like freezing sounds.