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.

I despise computers in many ways. I think they’re hopelessly underevolved and overrated.

The trouble begins with a design philosophy that equates 'more options' with 'greater freedom.'

A culture is the sum of all the things about which humanity can choose to differ.

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

Sometimes something intrigues me about particular sounds, how they work together, and I think "Okay, I've found something here; I'm going to take it somewhere." And sometimes just to find a name for that sound, whatever it is, ends up becoming a title of the piece or becoming part of the title.