I found myself recycling ideas and I saw that I had to invent reasons to compose a piece rather than start from some exciting idea.

I don't think of my music as being about something.

I didn't want my music to be seen as examples of an electronic culture; I just wanted them to be thought of as pieces of music.

The experimentation that I do has a lot to do with tunes and pitches and ways that melodies are put together.

My perspective on the academic world is very favorable. I did certain kinds of things that I could never have done otherwise.

I found myself recycling ideas and I saw that I had to invent reasons to compose a piece rather than start from some exciting idea.

I had been creating music on tape that was to be listened to as a recording, rather than through performance.