I learn from thinking about the future, what hasn't been done yet. That's kind of my constant obsession.

The value of having a computer, to me, is that it'll remember everything you do. It's a databank.

I'm writing a movie about Mozart going to New York in the '60s. I've been reading so many novels.

I am a ham. I've no business being rock 'n' roll. I've said it over and over again that I'm a classical composer, dishevelling my personality by dabbling in rock 'n' roll.

I'm content with making records, but I don't want to be doing the same thing all the time.

That's what my life is, writing songs.

I've just recently started doing the promo bits for the new album, and the funny thing is that the people who come to talk to me about these things seem to be getting younger. It's like the people who like the music are all young kids and they're on top of you - they know all about what you're doing, and they're excited and animated about it. So it's a lot of fun.