Try to make things that can become better in other people’s minds than they were in yours.

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

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

A part of me has become immortal, out of my control.

When I've finally got the title, I think, "Okay, yes, now I know where we are. Now I know what it is. Fine, that must be finished or nearly finished.

The micro-compositions are the pieces themselves, but the macro-composition is the whole set of them and how it moves from track to track and how the titles relate to one another, for example. Always when I do records like this of a selection of instrumental pieces - the titles, to me, are very important.

Think inside the work - outside the work