Nobody talks about music as having intrinsic meaning, how it engages the mind.

I never liked opera growing up. I always liked chamber music or solo music even more than orchestral music.

Works of art should be stimulating. They should wake people up rather than acting like a sedative.

Perhaps 25 to 50 years from now, I can design a piece of music, no so that it appeals to something common in millions of people, but I can design the music so that it's exactly right for you and only you at this particular moment for your particular experience, things that have happened to you over 20 years, to you're particular mental state right now.

There were a lot of things happen in the mid-'80's that all of a sudden made it possible to do a lot of very quick interactive music.

Any Beatles song is perfect. It gets to you right away.

The one obvious thing is that the devices are so good now that you can also see their limitations extremely well.