I hate the rock music tradition. I can't bear it!

If you think of the way a composer or say a pop arranger works - he has an idea and he writes it down, so there's one transmission loss. Then he gives the score to a group of musicians who interpret that, so there's another transmission loss. So he's involved with three information losses. Whereas what I nearly always do is work directly to the sound if it doesn't sound right. So there's a continuous loop going on.

Being completely free to choose what to do is actually quite difficult

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've had quite a lot of luck with dreams. I've often awoken in the night with a phrase or even a whole song in my head.

I've always thought that art is a lie, an interesting lie. And I'll sort of listen to the "lie" and try to imagine the world which makes that lie true...what that world must be like, and what would have to happen for us to get from this world to that one.

Cooking is a way of listening to the radio.