You have to be loose enough so that when you listen to what's coming, you can follow it. In that sense I am improvising, but I don't think I'm experi…

- Z'Ev

When I perform, it's definitely about duration. I don't play any kind of time signature known to man.

- Z'Ev

I really like accompanying. I like working with vocalists, I've worked with a lot of poets.

- Z'Ev

I'd been collecting different ethnic instruments here and there, and then I started making little bell type stuff, looking for weird little sound toy…

- Z'Ev

I started working with synthesizer players, and I had to find new instruments. I needed a more complex sound, so I went to a surplus place and got a …

- Z'Ev

The majority of my training was as a drummer, and drummers are basically accompanists.

- Z'Ev

In L.A., I called every scrap yard and surplus place that was listed, about 50 or 60 places, and only at one of them did the owner get intrigued and …

- Z'Ev

I don't really need new stuff anyway. I like to make big stuff, and it's too expensive to travel with. So I have my refined set that works well, and …

- Z'Ev

I don't want to see an experiment. Experiment at home - when you show up on stage, I want to see a result. I think a lot of improvisers, you'll see t…

- Z'Ev