As a group, we do not have a single direction. We’re four very different people. I do feel we’re more democratic than any group I’ve come across. But that means there’s always compromise—no one ever gets his own way totally. We’re always pushing four different directions, not quite sure where the equilibrium position is, for balance. We fought about arriving at a sensible format for Hot Space, then decided to push into a very rhythmic and sparse area, disciplining out all the indulgences we’ve been used to putting in. We felt our fans would take it as another experiment. But we found we’d stepped out—at last!—from the music people felt they could expect from us. Other times, we felt we’d made big departures, but no one raised an eyebrow. Now it was strange to discover that fans really did get upset, and in some cases, gave us a lot of stick.