For instance, I'm always fascinated to see whether, given the kind of fairly known and established form called popular music, whether there is some magic combination that nobody has hit upon before.

I've discovered this new electronic technique that creates new speech out of stuff that's already there.

I'm fascinated by musicians who don't completely understand their territory; that's when you do your best work.

The dominant theory coming out of Hollywood is that peoples' attention spans are getting shorter and shorter and they need more stimulation.

I never wanted to write the sort of song that said, 'Look at how abnormal and crazy and out there I am, man!'

I know that if I had a television in my flat I would convince myself that everything on it was really interesting. I would say, 'I'm a Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here!' is so sociologically fascinating that I think I'd better watch.

Ideas reflect the moment, and so you have to use them. If you store ideas, they wither.