I see TV as a picture medium rather than a narrative medium.

I think that there's something that I still like about the fact of a package, like the latest report from somebody. "Okay, this is what they're up to now; this is what they're doing; who's working with them?

Most of those melodies are me trying to find out what notes fit, and then hitting ones that don't fit in a very interesting way.

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.

The most important thing in a piece of music is to seduce people to the point where they start searching.

If you had a sign above every studio door saying ‘This Studio is a Musical Instrument’ it would make such a different approach to recording.

I wanted to use the studio like a microscope for sound, which is what good engineers do.