I can't consider myself a drummer any more.

If Miles Davis hadn't died it would have been interesting to do an album with him, but there wasn't much else that would have got me into the studio... although Herbie Hancock has just been in touch about doing something and that would be an interesting combination.

I prefer black music in general.

You know, I've released some great records and I've released some dogs. But frankly, the fun is in creating the thing.

Of course you can't please everyone all the time. It's just something that I've got to get over, and I'm better at it now.

Why did I like simpler songs? Just times change. This is one of the repeated things I hear: even though people will read different kinds of books, they don't read Lord of the Rings when they're 30 even though they did at 15.

I have some rhythms on my computers, that are actually called "trance", they go from 1-30 or 40. They're grooves that come on the synth. If I could somehow use them, I would.