The problem with computers is that there is not enough Africa in them.

In the 19th century, a lot of people were against outlawing child labour, because to do so would be against the very foundations of a free market economy: 'These children want to work, these people want to employ them... what is your problem? It's not as if anyone has kidnapped them...'

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

Good teachers realise that the students are the antenna; they are sensing things that the teachers don't yet sense.

There is a sort of convergence starting to happen between the computer and musical instruments, but it's still quite a long way off.

I'm always interested in what you can do with technology that people haven't thought of doing yet.

I make a lot of pieces of music that I never release as CDs.