Britain is not the same anymore of course. It's never the same.

Joyous Sound evolved from a gospel influence. Actually it evolved out of sitting at a piano and just picking out a riff, a gospel type riff. It just seemed to come joyously-something about the song, about living in another place of joyous sounds. I'm not quite sure-that's one I'm trying to analyze. It just came out.

Way across the country where the hillside mountains glide, the dynamo of your smile caressed the barefoot virgin child.

The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.

It was really strange for me when I started to play concerts in America where the audiences were all sitting down.

I'm talking about noise rock. I don't think that noise rock element belongs in jazz. It's not for me anyway; it just doesn't fit.

I deliberately try not to cater for the commercial market, so I can't see myself in competition, you know, with second or third generation rock stars.