I would sing myself with a tambura and just regular a cappella singing and practicing. I did that around 1973 and 1974, and I finally developed my own style of singing.

Scottish bagpipe has two tenors and one bass - three drone pipes - and then the one chanter. If you put bagpipes together, it creates such a fine sound.

When I was just getting started making my own music, my dad said, "You should think about art, but also anti-art and non-art."

I was an ignored guy and have been for many years. But I suppose I became well-known after being ignored. After the release of the CDs and LPs, especially the LPs, people like it. I was impressed.

Most of my music is improvisation, and composition is improvisation. Even if I have a score, it is improvisation.

I don't think I differentiate between composition and improvisation. Improvisation could be a large part of a composition.

I don't want to release things too similar to each other. I've been working on selecting something different from my other work.

A full lifer doesn't commit to anyone until they've committed to her

Mindless violence against the undead?” said Zzzap. “Count me in.

My advice about acting? Speak clearly don't bump into people and if you must have motivation think of your pay packet on Friday.

I can walk. It's just that I'm so rich I don't need to.

Once you free your mind about the concept of harmony and of music being correct, you can do whatever you want. So nobody told me what to do, and there was no preconception of what to do.

Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you ... at any time.

The United States was attacked on 9/11/12, and we know who attacked us.

Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail. It won't fatten the dog.

Horror films have been with us forever, so you can't say I originated that in any way, but it sort of brought back a classical way to make a horror film.