Most big concerts sound disgusting and awful and insultingly bad. It's like going to the cinema and been shown a scratchy film which is upsidedown and the bulb had gone on the projector. The quality of large-scale live music is so shocking.

If I tried to make a commercial album, it would be a complete flop. I have no idea what the world at large likes.

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

It's easy to forget that your best work is done when your attention is fully engaged.

In terms of what has been happening recently, there have been, I think, some really interesting new instruments that have come out that sort of show me the direction of the future. Korg has introduced the - they've had a whole series now of these things called Kaoss Pads. They're wonderful because they do get your muscles working again. And what DJs do, of course, with their DJ turntables now, the CD turntables, which have pitch change and speed change and everything else. They're doing something that I think is interestingly physical.

Some people are very good at being 'stars' and it suits them. I'm grudging about it and I find it annoying.

Ambient music must be as ignorable as it is interesting.