I had wanted a tape recorder since I was tiny. I thought it was a magic thing. I never got one until just before I went to art school.

Complexity and intelligence grow from simplicity, not from greater complexity.

We are increasingly likely to find ourselves in places with background music. No composers have thought to write for these modern spaces, which represent 30% of our musical experience.

Well, there are some things that I just can't get out of my head, and they start to annoy me after a while. Sometimes they're of my own creation, as well - and they're just as annoying. It's not only other people's ear worms that bug me, it's my own, as well.

I hate the way CDs just drone on for bloody hours and you stop caring.

I suppose I am reluctant about being any sort of 'star' and I didn't particularly want to be portrayed as one.

I don't live in the past at all; I'm always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind.