I was a dancer. I was really seriously into dancing.

That's one of the main things I do, work with choreographers. I've been doing it a long time, and it's a real important part of my life as a soundmaker, making music for dance.

The harp was so much more gestural and physical for me than the piano - something about bringing this instrument into your body.

I applied, and I got in as a pianist. Their idea in the music department was that pianists, if they were good enough to get in, they were good enough to learn a new instrument. They felt sorry for pianists being alone in the practice room all the time, and they really wanted to socialize us pianists.

Computers have their own aleatoric aspect, too. They crash! But I'm a knob person. I like twiddling knobs.

I was a dancer. I was really seriously into dancing.

I find the relationship of sensation and physicality, and, for me, it's music like anything else. It's a different way of expressing and exploring sound. I find it really beautiful.