As struggles go, being an artist isn't that much of one.

Except in a few cases like Music for Airports, which was a very clear case of noticing a niche [and] saying, "Okay, there's this situation in which people always play music, and nobody has written music for that situation so I'm going to." So, that was a very clear example of spotting a niche and working for it. I have done that occasionally.

I'm very good with technology, I always have been, and with machines in general. They seem not threatening like other people find them, but a source of fun and amusement.

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.

If I tried to make a commercial album, it would be a complete flop. I have no idea what the world at large likes.

The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I don't set out to say anything very important.

Ambient Music must be able to accommodate many levels of listening attention without enforcing one in particular; it must be as ignorable as it is interesting.