I'm convinced that art and science activate the same parts of the brain.
I never thought that I would write orchestra music, but in fact I did write a group of orchestra pieces.
The experimentation that I do has a lot to do with tunes and pitches and ways that melodies are put together.
I noticed things in my computer music that were getting old, and I started to figure out that this has to do with the way the listener interacts with music.
I came to what I think of as the critical problem: the aging process of a piece of music. I noticed in the '70s that pieces I wrote would sound great the first time I listened to them and then on repeated hearings they sounded older and older until what seemed exciting and vibrant on first listening became stale.
When you have performers, there's the uniqueness of live performance and what performers do in concerts.
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.
I've been obsessed with The Beatles since I was two.
Don't worry about making friends; don't worry about making enemies. Worry about winning, because if you win, your enemies can't hurt you, and if you lose, your friends can't stand you.
People are going to say what they say. I know sometimes I say things; I offend people.
My ass is big because a lot of people have to kiss it.