I'm obviously attuned to pick up mathematics whenever I can see it. But in Mozart there is a lot of conscious use of mathematical symbolism and numbers in order to try and give messages.

Mathematics is a place where you can do things which you can't do in the real world.

Theory is needed to tell you where to look.

The reason why we do maths is because it's like poetry. It's about patterns, and that really turned me on. It made me feel that maths was in tune with the other things I liked doing.

Primes are the atoms of the arithmetic - the hydrogen and oxygen of the world of numbers

When people ask me what my religion is, I say it's the Arsenal.

The point is with good maths skills you have just wonderful opportunities and if you don't have good maths skills, there are just so many things that you won't be able to do.