I'd love it if American kids were listening to Muslim music.

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've got a feeling that music might not be the most interesting place to be in the world of things.

I hate the rock music tradition. I can't bear it!

I do love being in my studio. Especially at night.

What matters in modern music is not the part you can write down, the words and the tune, but the rest - the texture, the atmosphere, the references and associations.

My lyrics are generated by various peculiar processes. Very random and similar to automatic writing.