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

I'm constantly revising and updating a piece until it's finally recorded. Once it's recorded, then it's over.

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 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.

Whatever works for the piece I'm thinking about is the way I write.

One hundred guitarists making lots of noise would not be something you'd want to listen to.

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.