I want to make something that is breathtaking. Of course, you can't make something that is always breathtaking, or you would never be able to breathe. You would collapse.

I don't live in the past at all; I'm always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind.

If you want to make computers that really work, create a design team composed only of healthy, active women with lots else to do in their lives, and give them carte blanche.

If I tried to make a commercial album, it would be a complete flop. I have no idea what the world at large likes.

One of the things you do when you make a piece of art is you try to make the world you'd rather be in.

Avant-garde music is sort of research music. You're glad someone's done it but you don't necessarily want to listen to it.