I think Atom Heart Mother was a good thing to have attempted, but I don't really think the attempt comes off that well.

It's crazy that America gives such a paltry percentage of its GNP to the starving nations.

Little ideas can pop into one's head at any time, and if I'm being reasonably efficient I've got it close enough to hand, then I pop that little tiny moment of a few seconds down onto a tape and then I can forget about it for... years sometimes.

The future is deterministic in principle, but not in practice.

I am not a technophobe and I am using the latest technology today, some 30-odd years later, and I am really enjoying what some of the new technologies can offer. But at the same time I am always aware that one can get bogged down in that technology and that it can become more than just a method. That's something that you have to be slightly careful of.

It's a very tempting thing to try and relive your glory days when you get a little older and you worry that people have forgotten all about you.

I listen to classical music at home probably more than pop music.