Is the Galician bagpipe difficult?
No, I can play some music with it. I can’t play trumpet quite well and I play violin awfully. How’s your remote controlled helicopter? Do you still play with it? Yes, sometimes. But I’ve got a new hobby: motorbikes. A more dangerous hobby, isn’t it? I don’t think so. Cooking roast meat with potatoes for Sunday dinner was one of your favourite things to do. Do you still think the same? Yes, it’s something that I love to do. More than sex? No, no, no (laughing) Although it would later become a fashion, you were a pioneer in mixing African and Celtic sounds with your own music. How was the process of exploring the music all around the world? I love the sound of bagpipes. The bag makes the sounds more interesting: pum, pum, pum… The funniest is that the bagpipe always sounds: its sound never ends. But its technique can also be used with the guitar. You composed the soundtrack for “The Exorcist”. Do you consider this kind of composition lesser works? Now there are lots of feature films an
