When I Hear A Great Musician, I

For Me, Rhythm Is A Type Of Divine Mathematics In A Way. No Matter Where You're From, We Can All Understand The Mathematics Of Rhythm. I Try To Apply This Mathematical Thinking To My Playing.

I Think I'm Built Like A Painter. I Have Friends Who Are Painters And They Reflect A Similar Psychological Attitude Towards Their Work. They Don't Know What's Coming Next, They Just Wait For The Message, For Orders To Come And Then Off They Go On Their Next Project.

I Practice All The Scales. Everyone Should Know Lots Of Scales. Actually, I Feel There Are Only Scales. What Is A Chord, If Not The Notes Of A Scale Hooked Together?

I Find Indian Music Very Funky. I Mean It's Very Soulful, With Their Own Kind Of Blues. But It's The Only Other School On The Planet That Develops Improvisation To The High Degree That You Find In Jazz Music. So We Have A Lot Of Common Ground.

When You Open Box After Box Of Old Comics And They're All "archie," You Have Suffered A Trauma From Which It Is Difficult To Ever Recover.