Reggie Watts is a most unusual talent: a huge vocal range, a natural musicality, and a sidesplitting wit. Is he a comedian? A singer? A performance artist? I've seen him a few times since then and I still can't decide. Whatever, he ain't like nobody else.

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

I got interested in the idea of music that could make itself, in a sense, in the mid 1960s really, when I first heard composers like Terry Riley, and when I first started playing with tape recorders.

Often, I think you find that you're enjoying certain things, you've got this new way of listening, and you find that you really enjoy the way that sounds on it and the way this other thing sounds on it and the way that other thing sounds on it. So, you're finding a new pleasure that you didn't know about before.

I'd love it if American kids were listening to Muslim music.

The point about melody and beat and lyric is that they exist to engage you in a very particular way. They want to occupy your attention.

Lyrics are the only thing to do with music that haven't been made easier technically.