“I had a lot of trouble with engineers, because their whole background is learning from a functional point of view, and then learning how to perform that function.”

“Something I've realized lately, to my shock, is that I am an optimist, in that I think humans are almost infinitely capable of self-change and self-modification, and that we really can build the future that we want if we're smart about it.”

“I'd been making music that was intended to be like painting, in the sense that it's environmental, without the customary narrative and episodic quality that music normally has. I called this 'ambient music.' But at the same time I was trying to make visual art become more like music, in that it changed the way that music changes.”

“It's not the destination that matters. It's the change of scene.”

“Instruments sound interesting, not because of their sound, but because of the relationship a player has with them. Instrumentalists build a rapport with their instruments, which is what you like and respond to.”

“You can't have a relationship with a device whose limits are unknown to you, because without limits, it keeps becoming something else.”

“I think that technology is always invented for historical reasons, to solve a historical problem. But they very soon reveal themselves to be capable of doing things that aren't historical that nobody had ever thought of doing before.”

“I'm always interested in what you can do with technology that people haven't thought of doing yet. I think that's sort of a characteristic of the way I've worked ever since I started.”

“You can't really imagine music without technology.”

“I'm very good with technology, I always have been, and with machines in general. They seem not threatening like other people find them, but a source of fun and amusement.”

“I'm always interested in what you can do with technology that people haven't thought of doing yet.”