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The first 'Charlemagne' album is metal, of course, but what I sang was more symphonic.

Many, many years ago, I was one of the few conductors who talked to the audience and now a lot of classical conductors have figured it out... otherwise, you just get the back of someone's head playing music you could hear on a CD. It's not enough anymore.

One of the greatest live recordings, I think, in the history of the world is Ray Charles in Atlanta... And they didn't even have a big mobile recording thing set up. The word on the street was they only had like two microphones, one for the band and one for him. Perfect recordings. I think it's mono.

I remember a couple of instrumental albums, just don't ask the names.

Well, we didn't have our original drummer on our last record. And most of that album was not played as a band in the studio. It was mostly the world of computers and overdubs. There was very few things played live or worked out as a band.

I don't know who was the one that came up with the notion that you have to play the same songs every concert.

The tracks on 'Sleep' were recorded live to 2-track. I did a fadeout or two of them, but that's really it.

We hear so many records these days that are done with click tracks, as opposed to a drummer.

The first album is a classic record and I think the prototype of a sound that no one else does.

Some tracks are with quartet and some tracks are with synthesizer.