QM: How was your sound changed through the years? It's progression? It's direction?
PM: I think less hit and miss and more focused in a lot of ways. Unafraid to break the expectations of an audience, who I feel are very open to listening to where I might want to go.
QM:How do you get your ideas for your lyrics? Does it come from thoughtspaces? Dreamscapes? Visions? Experiences?
PM: Yes, dreams often come into the ideas or starting subject for a song. People watching, fatherhood, husband/ship for is it/hood?)
A chance impression. Sometimes one line will typically set a story in motion.
QM: Do you write in 1st person, 3rd person or both?
PM: I switch from all of them, sometimes in the same song. Me, you , him, her- all the same person really.
QM: How has your family life/ in Turkey changed your life as a musician? has it changed at all? Or not at all?
PM: I'm not sure to be honest with you. When you look in the mirror, you don't always see the changes happening, even if others do this kind of thing.
QM: Do your children enjoy your music? Do they see you as a role model? Do they want to be musicians?
PM: Yes, they do I think. Though with children in my case, it's thier father that they see and not the icon. They are still being children and so are not pressured to think about their adult life. Let them enjoy the moment as children and not live the "what if nightmare."
QM: Do you ever plan on having another Bauhaus renunion?
PM: Back in 1999, I did, but I kept my ship anchored too long, the tide was going out and i had to set sail. I left good provision for Bauhaus to be happy though.
QM: Do you want to be known as a legen of your time?
PM: Only if I live a legendary life.
QM: With the new album, "Dust", is there any sort of message that you are potraying to the masses?"
PM.: Love anything.
QM: Do you feel this is the best album to date?
PM: That's secret.
QM: David Sylvian is playing the following day at the Park West, would you attend this show in Chicago?
PM.: I might just do that, thanks for the tip.
QM: Since you used to play with Mick Karn, how do you feel aboiut that music you did compared to now?
PM: It was a still born album really. Shame, Mick is a great bass player.
QM: What future projects can we expect?
PM: I will be working to finish a Peter Murphy definitive DVD, which will include a lot of self-taken footage of early tours, as well as newly filmed comments and a document of the "Dust" tour concerts and off stage, with a fully recorded show or two to mix from.
Special thanx to Peter Murphy and Shannon from Metropolis Records for setting this up, it is a great honour and quite a lasting contribution to this music scene we so love.
Email interview conducted on Tuesday, May 7th, 2002