And when I say permanent afternoon, you know, I’m talking like crystal clear, crispy blue sky. All the sudden you didn’t need to sleep as much because it just was difficult. And how that translated into my creative process I still am not quite sure, but it made my relationship to sleep a kind of abstract you know bizarre…

I have to deal with some dumb folks. It's a real drag.

All the major social movements of the 20th century had great soundtracks - We need that. The left needs better propaganda, because we don’t have the Koch brothers. It takes a different kind of capital to fight that stuff.

It's strange to think that culture is simply a matter of millions of files flying around, but we now think in terms of networks for everything.

I'm passionate about the fact that this world that we live on is a stunningly beautiful place we have despoiled at every level.

My work is all about creating new paths for thinking about the possibilities inherent in all art; another world is possible!

When you think about a composer you know like Wagner or Pier Boulez or something like that most of the issues a composer is working with are about discreet, notated music that someone else will play.