I want to get lean and mean, keep it minimalist.
I like what the future holds. I don't like thinking about the past.
I learn from thinking about the future, what hasn't been done yet. That's kind of my constant obsession.
Growing up in Wales was a pretty Draconian experience with religion.
Even if you're improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you make those improvisations successful. It really helps to have a certain amount of knowledge about musical structure.
All of the sudden the audiences started getting younger and the spread of the attendance was really wide. I think it's as a result of the records selling more that they started following our careers.
In cities like New York and Austin, there's much more of a social context for music than in other places.