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.

I'm fascinated by musicians who don't completely understand their territory; that's when you do your best work.

If something is good, you must torture it mercilessly until it is either dead or great.

People who are very confident in themselves aren't hurt by criticism. They make use of it.

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

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.

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