Look closely at the most embarrassing details, and amplify them.

I love San Francisco and Brighton has something of San Francisco about it. It's by the sea, there's a big gay community, a feeling of people being there because they enjoy their life there.

Avant-garde music is sort of research music. You're glad someone's done it but you don't necessarily want to listen to it.

The point about melody and beat and lyric is that they exist to engage you in a very particular way. They want to occupy your attention.

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.

When you make something you are always offering some choices and denying others.

I thought it was magic to be able to catch something identically on tape and then be able to play around with it, run it backwards; I thought that was great for years.