John Cage made you realise that there wasn't a thing called noise, it was just music you hadn't appreciated.

Human development thus far has been fueled and guided by the feeling that things could be, and are probably going to be, better.

You feel as if you're not living a full life. Which, of course, is why - it's my theory about why so many people who are heavily into computers are also into extreme sports and S&M. It's because their bodies are crying out for some kind of action.

The whole point of art, as far as I’m concerned, is that art doesn’t make any difference. And that’s why it’s important. Take film: you can have quite extreme emotional experiences watching a movie, but they stop as soon as you walk out of the cinema. You can see people being hurt, but even though you feel those things strongly, you know they’re not real.

For me it's always contingent on getting a sound-the sound always suggests what kind of melody it should be. So it's always sound first and then the line afterwards.

I hate talking about music, to tell you the truth.

I'm bloody awful at multi-tasking.