Sometimes a little compromise isn't a bad thing. You don't need to be precious about it.

I think nowadays it doesn't really matter where we are physically located. We create our own culture around us to a large extent, whether it's what we're listening to, what we're watching, what we're reading - it can have very little to do with one's immediate cultural environment. We are in a global culture in that respect.

Zen Buddhism is a discipline where belief isn't necessary.

I like to explore a lot of textural, arrangement aspects in the studio.

Sometimes a little compromise isn't a bad thing. You don't need to be precious about it.

During the lifetime of Japan I became very neurotic, very paranoid.

I'm obsessed with books.