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.

Most of those melodies are me trying to find out what notes fit, and then hitting ones that don't fit in a very interesting way.

The great benefit of computer sequencers is that they remove the issue of skill, and replace it with the issue of judgement

I want to make things that put me in the position of innocence, that recreate the feeling of innocence in you.

I cant duplicate my own successes, because part of the creation of that effect is making something happen that you didn't expect

In the 19th century, a lot of people were against outlawing child labour, because to do so would be against the very foundations of a free market economy: 'These children want to work, these people want to employ them... what is your problem? It's not as if anyone has kidnapped them...'

One night, I pissed into an empty wine bottle so I could continue watching Monty Python, and suddenly thought 'I've never tasted my own piss,' so I drank a little. It looked just like Orvieto Classico and tasted of nearly nothing