One thing that I do ask myself when I'm in the creative process is, 'Does the world need this?'.

If you can make art with sound, can't you make music with objects?.

I see myself and many artists like me as the torchbearers through these dark ages..

Music is about people for me. It's not about sounds. It's about people; it's about putting people into challenging situations. And for me, challenges….

I run around, I listen to a lot of music, go to a lot of concerts. And when I see someone that gases me, I try to go out of my way to involve them so….

People are great. But there's people who you get together with and you talk and you go away feeling energized, you feel inspired. And then there's pe….

I don't ascribe to the idea of the ivory tower composer who sits alone in a room composing his masterpieces and then comes down from Mount Sinai with….

We're not on the outside looking in, we're on the outside looking out..

I used to look at composing music as problem solving. But as I get older, it's not about problem solving anymore. There are no solutions, because the….

I’m constantly in doubt about what I’m doing, I’m constantly tortured, and that’s why I say happiness is irrelevant. Happiness is for children and yu….

Classical stuff takes a lot of rehearsal time and preparation, but with stuff that involves improvisation, you can over-rehearse it and it gets stale….

Great musicians accept everything that they hear and find something good. They take what they like and they throw away what they don't like.

I was always an outsider, proud of being an outsider. I always reveled in the outsiders..

I feel like there are messages. I feel like there are angels. I feel that there is a legacy and an energy. And I feel that it's possible to tap into ….

It's a matter of keeping people on a spontaneous edge..

When I'm writing, sometimes it gets to that place where I feel like the piece is writing itself and I'm trying not to get in the way.

The idealists will always be in society, and we will survive.

I'm constantly tortured, and that's why I say happiness is irrelevant. Happiness is for children and yuppies..

And I try to be as diplomatic as I can, but it always ends up being a psychodrama up there on stage..

You need to believe in something that's bigger than yourself. I think that's what everybody wants to believe in that..

Discipline is important as long as you're having a good time. What I always did was I did what I enjoyed, and I think that's why I don't have any gre….