In my normal life I'm a very unadventurous person.

I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy.

Ambient music must be as ignorable as it is interesting.

Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences.

The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band

I had wanted a tape recorder since I was tiny. I thought it was a magic thing. I never got one until just before I went to art school.

My guitar only has five strings 'cause the top one broke and I decided not to put it back on: when I play chords I only play bar chords, and the top one always used to cut me there.

Lyrics are always misleading because they make people think that that's what the music is about.

Everything is an experiment until it has a deadline. That gives it a destination, context, and a reason.

Well, I am a dilettante. It's only in England that dilettantism is considered a bad thing. In other countries it's called interdisciplinary research.

Ambient Music must be able to accommodate many levels of listening attention without enforcing one in particular; it must be as ignorable as it is interesting.

Somebody is observing my writings, I know that.That's one reason why I keep reading and writing.

We co-create when we reach out and touch souls. Like rays of light—where they converge—twice as bright.

One thing that makes aikido is so powerful, it utilizes power of opponents to win the fight.

Great leaders inspire people to have confidence in themselves.

I'm intrigued by the dark. Out of darkness comes creation.

We profoundly regret the suffering this has caused our fans, our business partners and the thousands of people who depend on our industry for their livelihoods.

Click bang, what a hang, your daddy just shot poor me.

I want to bring accountability to the federal government. I want the federal government to respect the states.

Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.

There's no reason the Rangers can't get to the top.