I'm Pampered Like You Wouldn't

The Strangest Part Of Indian Music Is Its Lack Of Chords: There's No Such Thing As Major Or Minor, And It's Unusual To Hear More Than Two Different Pitches At The Same Time.

I Like Playing The Stuff Where I Don´t Know What I´m Gonna Play. Like The End Of Fake Plastic Trees Or The End Of Paranoid Android - Stuff Where I Can Do Anything And No One Notices Or Cares.

I Sometimes Feel A Bit Embarrassed To Play Guitar. There's Something - I Don't Want To Sound Ungrateful - But There's Something Very Old-fashioned And Traditional About It. You Meet Kids Today Whose Grandparents Were In Punk Bands, Really. It's Very Old And Traditional, But Then, You Know, So Is An Orchestra And So Is The String Section.

I Don't Mind When People Are Telling Me About Their 1971 Firebird, But It's The Same Thing As People Telling Me About Their Car Or Something. It's Fine If You Have An Interest. By Talking With Me, Though, You Could Be Interviewing A Novelist About Guitars. It's The Same Thing, Except I Don't Write That Well Either.

Composers Are Influenced By All The Important Music In Their Lives - And I Suppose That Since Radio Started Playing Popular Music, That's As Likely To Be The Beatles Or Aphex Twin As It Is To Be Verdi Or Ravel.