I'm not the fastest reader or writer but occasionally I'll write things down just so I don't forget them.

I'm not a great fan of people who suddenly manage to pull out the whole track sounding perfect from a laptop. That doesn't feel like any kind of show to me.

As a person who has a pretty short attention span I think of music like that, completely. That's why I can quite happily change genres mid-song.

I'm not saying I don't ever improvise because I do that quite a lot, especially with other people, but generally I've got an idea in my head and then I'll pursue it 'til I get there.

When I only had one or two synthesisers you learn how to do everything on those things and you know them inside out. I think that's the best way to be with them.

I'm a bit of a hoarder, so I did tend to buy things and just hang on to them.

Obviously I can't rely on my group, but I don't want to rely on a laptop just to play back some backing tracks, that's not the way I do things really.