Interior: You were pretty agressive on stage today, even insulting your audience and your saxophone..Is the stage just the medium?
Ted: Because of the problems with the horn I had a very short night. In a fit of anger I even kicked the train we came in, like a little child would do..you see, we"re very perceptible to failure..Me and the instrument.
Interior: What is music to you?
Ted: It's what I do. I spent a lot of time playing, for instance also in the taxi. It's an obsession.
Interior: Do you have any other projects going at the moment?
Ted: Yes, I'm making books. I became very involved in that.
Interior: Writing books you mean?
Ted: No, manufacturing them.
Interior: And when will the next album be recordedr?
Ted: In june. We'll have finished the tour by then and go to a studio, for the first time in some years. The previous album was a live album.
Interior: You give a very domineering impression. Is there a danger for the other musicians dissapearing into the background? Even on a personal level?
Ted: No, they are phenomenally integrated. We form a very close unit, very tight. The tightest so far....At first the band was more like a backing band, allowing me to play and go berserk, but over the past few years we've developed in a very close unit.
Interior: Thank you for the interview.