The biology of purpose keeps my nose above the surface.

The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the index finger does the work.

If you've spent a long time developing a skill and techniques, and now some 14 year-old upstart can get exactly the same result, you might feel a bit miffed I suppose, but that has happened forever.

I'm struck by the insidious, computer-driven tendency to take things out of the domain of muscular activity and put them into the domain of mental activity.

The whole history of pop music had rested on the first person singular, with occasional intrusions of the second person singular.

There are certain sounds that I've found work well in nearly any context. Their function is not so much musical as spatial: they define the edges of the territory of the music.

It must be quite mysterious to some people why I bother to carry on. Because, you know, I don't sell that many records.