I must admit I'm a total control freak. That is the way that it works best for me.

Even if I have a quite strong melody, there are so many possibilities and so many directions that you can take the music.

It's not always possible to play a song exactly as it is on the album. That's also something that I really don't want to do because I like to have versions that also adapt to the band, so that is always a big challenge to see how we can transform those songs so it feels natural.

I'm very much thinking in music most of the time, but I really would love to start filming because when I was a teenager, that was my big hobby and it was always fun for me to explore that world.

It's pretty much the songs I write that dictate what vibe it should be and what singers it should be.

I really love the fact that instrumental music can have you do your own inner-movies or your own visuals to the sound. There's not lyrics dictating what you should feel.

It's very easy to overproduce stuff and you can forget those first spontaneous ideas are often the best ideas.

Even if I don't think in visuals about the music while I'm doing it, after the music is finished, it could be great to incorporate that in the live show or doing my own music videos.

If I was writing a song one night, I would leave the studio and come back the next day, and if I could remember the same melody on the same song, it was definitely something worth working more on. If I couldn't remember it, maybe there was a purpose about that.

If the melodies are strong, it's much easier to see which way I can take them sound-wise.

Banging techno grooves from the one and only Ben Sims. Around the time of this was written he had that tribal/funky techno sound that rocked the dancefloor. He was a favorite then and still is now.

I really like to be alone. It's nearly like being naked in the studio, and if someone were to walk in, that wouldn't feel good.