I want to get lost and diffused in the world, and that s my idea of freedom and happiness.
CDs just stretch on and on for ever into space - quite blank.
She wanted a piece of music where you went out the front door, turned left and suddenly there s a massive pothole, and you fell forty feet into the ground, and had to climb out on a ladder, and get through a burning house, and wade through a lake and then get somewhere. In terms of making this journey, through the songs, I was able to do this because the different songs actually came from quite different moments in my life. Shleep wasn t written in one go. If I hire another musician, its because I want the company. That s what made Ellington s music so rich and alive.