We went through this business of me writing out all the parts for these old songs from Gravity and Speechless and we'd been performing that, but we don't do that any more.

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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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

We played some gigs in Switzerland a couple of weeks ago and it was the...

We played some gigs in Switzerland a couple of weeks ago and it was the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

We play melodic music, we play songs, we play all kinds of things and when...

We play melodic music, we play songs, we play all kinds of things and when...

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.

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?

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...

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...