Ideas reflect the moment, and so you have to use them. If you store ideas, they wither.

People assume that the meaning of a song is vested in the lyrics. To me, that has never been the case. There are very few songs that I can think of where I remember the words.

I often say to people that producing is the best paid form of cowardice. When you produce things you almost always get credit, if it's a good record, but you hardly ever get the blame if it's not! You don't really take responsibility for your work.

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

I think it's a myth that American public or any other public is so stupid that they need to be constantly pricked.

If there is a new fascism, it won't come from skinheads and punks; it will come from people who eat granola and think they know how the world should be.

We are increasingly likely to find ourselves in places with background music. No composers have thought to write for these modern spaces, which represent 30% of our musical experience.