People who play conventional music are threatened by electronica and don't consider it to be as valuable as what they do.

Records are just moments of achievement. They're like receipts for work done. Time goes on and people keep playing music.

People are afraid of things they don't understand.

Miles Davis fully embraced possibilities and delved into it. He was criticized heavily from the jazz side. He was supposed to be part of a tradition, but he didn't consider himself part of a tradition.

People are afraid of things they don't understand. They don't know how to relate. It threatens their security, their existence, their career, image.

What I'm dealing with is sound. I don't pretend to be dealing with music. I'm just dealing with sound elements, textures and sounds.

The atmosphere defines the environment of sound.