It can and will be a more powerful sound but the orchestra has far more potential for expressive power. When I hear a great rock band it can make me feel alive, but when I hear a great orchestra it can make me feel human.

I really feel instrumental music can speak - can contain tremendous amounts of information - but it's speaking to your subconscious.

I want the music to be ambiguous. Its tone gives you a context in which to start visualizing what you're feeling with the music.

I liked rock music going back to the '60s, but I never ever had any desire to be a rock musician and when I started doing a band it was experimental music.

I could create music that sounded as strange as any electronic music, because you see, my opinion about electronic music is that the real composer is the guy who invented the instrument. Pressing buttons is not composing. Composing is about creating something.

It's crucial that people are on the right measure at the right time.

I started out in theatre and I definitely have wanted to add extra musical elements to my music with both imagery and text.