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

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 have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy.

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

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 hate talking about music, to tell you the truth.

When I work there are two distinct phases: the phase of pushing the work along, getting something to happen, where all the input comes from me, and phase two, where things start to combine in a way that wasn't expected or predicted by what I supplied. Once phase two begins everything is okay, because then the work starts to dictate its own terms. It starts to get an identity which demands certain future moves. But during the first phase you often find that you come to a full stop.