We play melodic music, we play songs, we play all kinds of things and when you improvise you don't just shut out different languages, you use all the languages that you have.

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The totality of a record is usually beyond ones ability to imagine when you start...

The totality of a record is usually beyond ones ability to imagine when you start...

If you write songs you have an idea how they're going to sound.

If you write songs you have an idea how they're going to sound.

It's like learning a language; you can't speak a language fluently until you find out...

It's like learning a language; you can't speak a language fluently until you find out...

Chris Cutler was kind enough to offer his company as an umbrella, so now I...

Chris Cutler was kind enough to offer his company as an umbrella, so now I...

You could say that everything the musicians have learned and known over the years, all...

You could say that everything the musicians have learned and known over the years, all...

Well, I think music for kids is never anything but experimental is it?

Well, I think music for kids is never anything but experimental is it?

I think things changed as a result of a certain perception of our politics. When...

I think things changed as a result of a certain perception of our politics. When...

Improvised music involves a lot of intuition and I like developing intuition.

Improvised music involves a lot of intuition and I like developing intuition.

One of the things I particularly enjoyed doing was taking raw sound from locations during...

One of the things I particularly enjoyed doing was taking raw sound from locations during...

There are always things to examine. What's great is not feeling that I have to...

There are always things to examine. What's great is not feeling that I have to...

I remember playing football dressed in peculiar costumes with some friends in France and laughing...

I remember playing football dressed in peculiar costumes with some friends in France and laughing...

We went through this business of me writing out all the parts for these old...

We went through this business of me writing out all the parts for these old...

I write with a mouse, because it has no psychological associations or memories or habits...

I write with a mouse, because it has no psychological associations or memories or habits...

And so many of the kinds of labels you get stuck with don't really tell...

And so many of the kinds of labels you get stuck with don't really tell...

I don't know if I'm striving for anything that I can put into words.

I don't know if I'm striving for anything that I can put into words.

As an improviser I'm now pretty comfortable with trios, so I'm thinking of working up...

As an improviser I'm now pretty comfortable with trios, so I'm thinking of working up...

There's an awful lot of resources that can be drawn upon in an improvised music...

There's an awful lot of resources that can be drawn upon in an improvised music...

Some things don't wind up sounding like you'd expect, which is just as well.

Some things don't wind up sounding like you'd expect, which is just as well.

I think that one of the things that influences me most as a composer is...

I think that one of the things that influences me most as a composer is...

Not necessarily in one concert, but they're all there to be used if you want...

Not necessarily in one concert, but they're all there to be used if you want...