I like my stuff 'cause I only ever end up with tracks that I really, really like. It always appeals to me.

I don't know how many records I'm selling.

I didn't want to try and borrow kudos from Indonesian culture. I was trying to get a fresh perspective on these instruments. I'm not doing a Paul Simon Gracelands and stealing all this African music and not give anyone any credit.

It's important for that to exist in a society that doesn't present you with any genuine problems.

What happens in the studio is technically the same thing that happens on the stage. In the past I had to make quite brutal adaptations of the material to make it work on stage. I don't always like doing that because sometimes you're shaving away the things that you actually quite like about them, the spontaneity of it.

I was starting to feel really suffocated, using the sequencer.

I think the best way is to forget about racing people and just find territory that's fresh.