After I did the first Die Hard I said I'd never do another, same after I did the second one and the third. The whole genre was running itself into the ground.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I spent the first part of my career trying to avoid genre because I felt like genre, in some way, was cliche.
I'm not loyal to one genre. I want to mix it up.
That's always the trick with the sequels, is how much do you repeat from the first one. Because we all get bummed out when you go see a sequel and it's beat for beat.
While I'm quite happy and love doing the atmospheric and quirky stuff, the melodic stuff, I've done quite a lot of. It's also another reason why I try not to do two or three at the same time.
I decided to make music again at a time when I couldn't have had more obstacles.
I was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death.
I don't really differentiate between different genres: if there's a good part going, I'll go after it, and it's preferable to me if it's something I haven't done before.
The hardest thing about writing my second album is that I had 20 years to write my first album.
With the first album, I wanted to do so many different things, and I was fighting with myself to try and see if I was worthy enough to do it.
With improvisation, I just do it. It might be a total failure but then you just throw the dice again.