I couldn't find a group that wanted to do what I wanted to do. No one was really up for it.

Just the type of music that was around at the same time as I was writing. Some of it was wicked, definitely. But there was just one direction which I thought could be pushed that no one was pushing.

I want to change peoples' minds about music, I want to bring the really brutal experimental stuff to peoples' attention.

The older ideas are rendering more and more bland music.

I'm basically a musician.

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

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.