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It is at least 10 times more difficult to get a good synthesiser sound than on an acoustic instrument.

You wonder about it and wonder how will I make an instrument that can handle this kind of a problem.

I play a percussion instrument, not a musical saw; it needs no amplification. Where it's needed, they put a microphone in front of the bass drum. But, I don't think it's necessary to play that way every night.

There's nothing more exciting to me than using real instruments in the studio.

Most electronic equipment uses the principle of amplification. You need filters, modulators and mixing equipment which have gain stages. By piling these components up, I was able to work without any sound generators and I made several pieces in that manner.

I was playing with steel picks on a steel guitar, and there was no amplification needed.

I like real instruments, and try to stay from anything that sounds too synthetic.

I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.

I'm seeing and hearing lots of B to B instruments, and everybody isn't, you know, using them... a lot of these guys are trying to do it on conventional guitars, although that has its own sound, and maybe its okay.

It's true that the more you put in the more you get out and that has to be there I think, If you aren't really hooked on your instrument this job would be a hell on earth but if you are, it's the best.