I can see the use and value of religion, just as I can see the use of mud wrestling, yoga, astronomy and sadomasochism. but I reject the idea that you can't be a deep human being without it or any of them.

I think one of my pursuits over the years is trying to answer the question of 'what else can you do with a voice other than stand in front of a microphone and sing?'

In the wake of the events of 11 September 2001, it now seems clear that the shock of the attacks was exploited in America.

I see TV as a picture medium rather than a narrative medium.

Once I started working with generative music in the 1970s, I was flirting with ideas of making a kind of endless music - not like a record that you'd put on, which would play for a while and finish.

I make a lot of pieces of music that I never release as CDs.

It's easy to forget that your best work is done when your attention is fully engaged.