One of those things that I find hard to dispose of is my attitude to album sequencing, the layout of the pieces.

My history is really playing live - not writing or recording.

I'm starting to play all the melodies with kind of keyboard sound but playing it from the bass guitar.

One of the more distant concerns is with the visual interpretation of the music. I find it fascinating but I don't always particularly get involved with it.

One of the more dispiriting things I think about endless touring is hearing the same piece of music over and over again and I end up feeling like a fraud.

But I don't really listen to much be-bop at all at the moment.

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.