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I find it hard to get excited by just a sound. I have to have a song there, then I'll find what used I can make of that sound within the song.

I had this old wind-up phonograph when I was a kid, and I'd listen to records. And the radio.

In so many ways, it feels the same now when I play as the very first time I picked up the instrument. There's always this sound out there that's just a little bit beyond my reach and I'm trying to get there and that just sort of keeps me going.

We stuck the record head so it kept on recording over and over on top of itself and played keyboard notes into it to create this ghost repetition melody.

Even today, skiffle is a defining part of my music. If I get the opportunity to just have a jam, skiffle is what I love to play.

As soon as I heard skiffle, I loved it and I knew that I wanted to play it.

I have a sort of tactility about music. I go into record stores and just run my fingers over it, the spines.

I'm jamming 'Black Sabbath Vol. 4' all the time. Zappa's 'Cruising With Ruben & The Jets.' A lot of Gong lately. Some Hawkwind. The Residents' 'Duck Stab' is amazing. Some Fugs. Lots of stuff, man. I'm pretty schizophrenic with records.

I had this fascination with four-track recorders when I was in high school.