It is the individual voice, present to itself, that needs to be heard. We need to hear the process of the musician working on himself. We don't need to hear who is more clever with synthesizers. Our cleverness has created the world we live in, which in many ways, we're sorry about.

I think you have to be completely merciless with yourself.

Jazz is one of the least learnable art forms.

When I joined the band I didn't know any of the tunes, and when I left the band I didn't know any of the tunes!

One thing you learn: if you want to reveal yourself, you also have to know where to stop.

I actually get a metallic taste in my mouth when I think about electric music.

If music is sound & came from silence, then silence is potentially greater than sound.