Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences... That solves a lot of problems ... Art is something that happens, a process, not a quality, and all sorts of things can make it happen ... [W]hat makes a work of art 'good' for you is not something that is already 'inside' it, but something that happens inside you.

The difficulty of always feeling that you ought to be doing something is that you tend to undervalue the times when you’re apparently doing nothing, and those are very important times.

Ambient Music must be able to accommodate many levels of listening attention without enforcing one in particular; it must be as ignorable as it is interesting.

In the 1960s, people were trying to get away from the pop song format. Tracks were getting longer, or much, much shorter.

People who are very confident in themselves aren't hurt by criticism. They make use of it.

I believe in singing. I believe in singing together.

I'm fascinated by musicians who don't completely understand their territory; that's when you do your best work.