I can't even tolerate my own playing on electric keyboards. It's not about the musical ideas - the sound itself is toxic. It's like eating plastic broccoli.

You know, when people look at a tree, they look at the leaves; they don't look at the spaces between the leaves. They're focused on the tree. I think there's an awareness of spaces or it wouldn't look like a tree to them.

When you're up against an electric band like that, it's like you're on two separate planets.

Musicians are always gigging and never have a chance to stop for a minute.

I am a romantic, I admit it.

I'm not talking ideas, or even presentation. It's like in politics: You have to sell something to become an electric player - like your skin or your heart.

If you already have a piece of music ingrained in your body, why would you not play it?