A culture is the sum of all the things about which humanity can choose to differ.

Composition is a way of living out your philosophy and calling it art.

You feel as if you're not living a full life. Which, of course, is why - it's my theory about why so many people who are heavily into computers are also into extreme sports and S&M. It's because their bodies are crying out for some kind of action.

What matters in modern music is not the part you can write down, the words and the tune, but the rest - the texture, the atmosphere, the references and associations.

Perhaps when music has been shouting for so long, a quieter voice seems attractive.

My guitar only has five strings 'cause the top one broke and I decided not to put it back on: when I play chords I only play bar chords, and the top one always used to cut me there.

Try to make things that can become better in other people’s minds than they were in yours.