There's something strange about a laptop, how you can make the tiniest gesture and make the biggest sound. I don't feel I've resolved working a sense…

- Anna Meredith

I had thought everyone in the electronic world would be so laid back, but there's as many cliques and prejudices as any other world.

- Anna Meredith

If I'm feeling confident, then I write confident, happy, or assured music. I can hear some early electronic sketches I did where I'm clearly not conf…

- Anna Meredith

I want to become less and less about the laptop. That's what's lovely about an orchestra - the physicality, the way every gesture relates to somethin…

- Anna Meredith

I feel happier knowing a starting point came from me. And I like stuff that gives you a physical reaction.

- Anna Meredith

Other friends have said, "I don't understand why you've used this trumpet-style sound rather than a real one when you know you can write for trumpet.…

- Anna Meredith

I've never been really interested in music, classical or otherwise, where the craft is more important than the result. I realized quickly that I'd ne…

- Anna Meredith

With the classical stuff, I've always been better at the big brushstrokes and broad textures than spending ages honing a chord, or tweaking a sample.

- Anna Meredith

I'm up for a massive, bombastic tour with hydraulics, robots, lasers, 15 costume changes, projecting on a power station, big impact, big visuals. I'd…

- Anna Meredith