I had a lot of trouble with engineers, because their whole background is learning from a functional point of view, and then learning how to perform that function.

The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the index finger does the work.

I want to make things that put me in the position of innocence, that recreate the feeling of innocence in you.

The dominant theory coming out of Hollywood is that peoples' attention spans are getting shorter and shorter and they need more stimulation.

I have a definite talent for convincing people to try something new. I am a good salesman. When I'm on form, I can sell anything.

I've got nothing against records - I've spent my life making them - but they are a kind of historical blip.

Once music ceases to be ephemeral - always disappearing - and becomes instead material... it leaves the condition of traditional music and enters the condition of painting. It becomes a painting, existing as material in space, not immaterial in time.