"The prospect of music being detachable from time and place meant that one could start to think of music as a part of one's furniture."

"It's nice, I think, when people use your music for things you didn't think of."

"Agressive music can only shock you once. Afterwards its impact declines. It's inevitable."

"I've had quite a lot of luck with dreams. I've often awoken in the night with a phrase or even a whole song in my head."

"Art doesn't transform. It just plain forms."

"Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art."

"Thought is a strenuous art - few practice it, and then only at rare times."

"The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute."