If you are part of a religion that very strongly insists that you believe then to decide not to do that is quite a big hurdle to jump over. You never forget the thought process you went through. It becomes part of your whole intellectual picture.

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

You either believe that people respond to authority, or that they respond to kindness and inclusion. I'm obviously in the latter camp. I think that people respond better to reward than punishment.

Sometimes you recognize that there is a category of human experience that has not been identified but everyone knows about it. That is when I find a term to describe it.

Ambient music must be as ignorable as it is interesting.

I believe in singing.

I wanted to get rid of the element that had been considered essential in pop music: the voice.