That is why the analogy of stealing does not work. With a thief, we want to know how much money he or she stole, and from whom? With the artist it is not how much he or she took from whom, but what the artist did with it.

I don't dare postulate about science, but I know that it takes both emotion and intellect in order for art to happen.

Yes, influences are enriching, and they can be found in every work of art, even the most original.

Why do we pigeonhole and label an artist? It is a sure way of missing the important, the contradictory, the things that make him or her unique.

It is the element I miss in electronic music - no performance, no loving immersion. Maybe that is why I was never particularly drawn to electronic music.

In the nineteenth century the more grandiose word inspiration began to replace the word idea in the arts.

I still do not know where the notes will come from when I accept a commission for a new work.