Nothing was a style first. Everything started as an idea. A guy did something with an idea. Someone copied him. Some copied all of them and it became trendy and then it became a style.

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.

The atmosphere defines the environment of sound.

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

I put projects together. I put people together.

If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room.