I'm not going to limit myself in ways to compose or how I should record. You just do what you can with what you've got at the moment.

You stick your nose in the dirt until you find something that smells good.

My motives at a young age were, "I want to be rich and famous".

In America there are some places that are just gorgeous to play.

In the liner notes, music is fine by itself. It doesn't need any explanation.

I married my Japanese wife Mayumi who I'm so happy with, she's been so supportive. I live part time in Japan at her house, so I've been always very influenced by Japan. Since I guess the 70's or so. I've come to appreciate so much of their culture.

You have to study composition to understand that things can be done backwards and forwards and upside down, inverted, but it's mainly just an inner valid intuitive thing. Where do you want to go? Ok this is busy, or this needs some space, or this is too much space so now I want to put more notes in there or something. It's all about contrast. High, low. Fast, slow, thick or thin or what have you. And it's the same with improvisation.