Human development thus far has been fueled and guided by the feeling that things could be, and are probably going to be, better.

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

The trouble begins with a design philosophy that equates 'more options' with 'greater freedom.'

We're going through this super-uptight era, which I think comes entirely from literacy, actually. It's the result of machines that were designed as word processors being used for making music.

I had wanted a tape recorder since I was tiny. I thought it was a magic thing. I never got one until just before I went to art school.

Set up a situation that presents you with something slightly beyond your reach.

Music in itself carries a whole set of messages which are very, very rich and complex, and the words either serve to exclude certain ones or point up certain others.