Brian Eno developed systems to keep himself on edge and to keep himself in a position where he's generating ideas.

Music looks very formidable to people outside of it and it looks like it's this realm of spooky genius.

Things begin, things decay, and you've got to find a way to be okay.

It was so much fun conducting an orchestra and watching the musicians' faces as some of Kanye's lyrics went by. They couldn't believe what was going on.

The people I choose to work with, I work with because I'm already impressed with them.

A child is a gift from God.

Sadness was so claustrophobic.

You’re just a figment of my imagination. A fantasy?”“Yes.” He didn’t dare move.“Then why are you still wearing clothes?

I had kissed her at odd times, in out of the way corners, in the manner of a mountain guide, nothing more.

Mozart is sunshine.

We have to learn to make our own way through a complex world without the benefit of an accepted trustworthy route map.

You have to eat before you train. Otherwise, that really intense training, after about 40 minutes you start to flag.

I don't view myself as outrageous - that's not the intention. Its to be more and more original.

I did not myself know what I wanted: I feared life, desired to escape from it, yet still hoped something of it.

There are eyes everywhere. No blind spot left. What shall we dream of when everything becomes visible? We'll dream of being blind.