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

I'd love it if American kids were listening to Muslim music.

I belong to a gospel choir. They know I am an atheist but they are very tolerant.

My interest in making music has been to create something that does not exist that I would like to listen to. I wanted to hear music that had not yet happened, by putting together things that suggested a new thing which did not yet exist.

If you've spent a long time developing a skill and techniques, and now some 14 year-old upstart can get exactly the same result, you might feel a bit miffed I suppose, but that has happened forever.

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

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