I believe that singing is the key to long life, a good figure, a stable temperament, increased intelligence, new friends, super self-confidence , heightened sexual attractiveness, and a better sense of humor.

Not many people bought Velvet Underground LPs, but those who did, started a band.

I occasionally meet people and they say, 'Oh, I was born to Discreet Music'... They always have very weird eyes, those people.

I would like to see a future where artists think that they have a right to contemplate things like global warming.

I don't want to do free jazz! Because free jazz - which is the musical equivalent of free marketeering - isn't actually free at all. It's just constrained by what your muscles can do.

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

Ambient music is intended to induce calm and a space to think.