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

It's actually very easy for democracy to disappear.

I take sounds and change them into words.

I see TV as a picture medium rather than a narrative medium.

It's nice, I think, when people use your music for things you didn't think of.

Sometimes something intrigues me about particular sounds, how they work together, and I think "Okay, I've found something here; I'm going to take it somewhere." And sometimes just to find a name for that sound, whatever it is, ends up becoming a title of the piece or becoming part of the title.

When I've finally got the title, I think, "Okay, yes, now I know where we are. Now I know what it is. Fine, that must be finished or nearly finished.