I see someone play, or I listen to a record, and I think, "How did they make that sound?' It's not emulation; it's more building a vocabulary that can be called up at a moment's notice.

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.

I rarely assess live shows after I play them.

I don't want to rewrite history.

I can only stand to sit in front of my computer for three or four hours a day. Otherwise it can get really soul-sucking.

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.