The reason I don't tour is that I don't know how to front a band. What would I do? I can't really play anything well enough to deal with that situation. |
When I went back to England after a year away, the country seemed stuck, dozing in a fairy tale, stifled by the weight of tradition. |
Robert Fripp and I will be recording another LP very soon. It should be even more monotonous than the first one! |
If you watch any good player, they're using different parts of their body and working with instruments that respond to those movements. They're moving in many dimensions at once. |
I felt extremely uncomfortable as the focal point, in the spotlight. I really like the behind the scenes role, because all my freedom is there. |
I hate the rock music tradition. I can't bear it! |
For the world to be interesting, you have to be manipulating it all the time. |
I don't live in the past at all; I'm always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind. |
Avant-garde music is sort of research music. You're glad someone's done it but you don't necessarily want to listen to it. |