INSPIRATION
...most of all, I look for it in music. I've never been fascinated by speed or technical perfection, though the latter is often quite useful. Anyway, I've always been looking for sounds that go straight to the heart. That's why I've always admired David Gilmour who always hits the nail on the head with just a few sounds. From the guitarists of the younger generation, I can name four men that impress me most, each of them coming basically from a different story. It is John Petrucci for the combination of phenomenal technique and heart, Daniel Gildenlow for individualism, Danny Cavanagh for the crying guitar, and Devin Townsend for his energy and madness. Apart from music, I'm looking for inspiration mostly in people and their lives. Sometimes I think of myself as of an observer or a hobby psychologist. Although science is pretty advanced now, human behaviour and reactions have been described in countless books, the man still remains a mystery.

IMPORTANT IN LIFE
...are, most of all, the values my parents have fostered in me. I believe in love and friendship, I believe people and in people, and I often get a hiding for it, but I don't think I can change it... I can only modify it sometimes. My parents showed me what partnership is, what it means to live together in a "pack", work together and rest together, what it means to respect each other and be honest with each other. I only start to acknowledge all the wise things that I have discussed with them now... as I grew up. But this is life and sometimes there is no other way but to learn from your own mistakes. I'm glad I'm getting to understand more and more right now, when it is still not too late for anything.

FREE TIME
I'm trying to spend it in an active way, riding a bike, swimming, or playing volleyball. Also, I don't deny myself the pleasure of going out with friends at the weekends. Besides, I like experimenting in the kitchen, I like good films and Stephen King's books.

FAVOURITE ALBUMS
My favourite albums are usually those that have had a particular influence on my way of thinking, that have somehow changed me, that have helped me develop as a man and as a musician. There are also those that bring to mind some memories or those that simply got into my CD player at the right moment. There is quite a lot of them and the order has no importance.

• Anathema - everything
• Dead Can Dance - everything
• Fields Of The Nephilim - Elizium
• Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
• Porcupine Tree - Signify
• Devin Townsend/Ocean Machine - Biomech
• Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane
• Ozric Tentacles - The Hidden Step
• Depeche Mode - Violator i Songs Of Faith And Devotion
• Cocteau Twins - Treasure
• Pestilence - Testimony Of The Ancients
• Death - Symbolic
• Metal Church - Metal Church
• Enigma - MCMXC A.D.
• Marillion - Fugazi
• Hoover - A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular
• Seal - Seal
• Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos

RECENTLY LISTENED TO

• Hacride - Lazarus
• Tori Amos - Abnormally Attracted To Sin
• Devin Townsend Project - Ki
• Solar Fields - Movements
• H.U.V.A Network - Ephemeris

RIVERSIDE
... appeared in my life pretty unexpectedly, a few short conversations, the first rehearsals, and a moment later it has become one of the most important things in my life. I like it... I like it when things happen spontaneously, when they flow straight from the heart, when a few people are connected by one goal. All in all, we are quite a bunch... everyone has a different story, everyone has a character, all of us are teeming with musical and organizational ideas. I guess I'll stay here for a while. I'm in it for good...