“The prospect of music being detachable from time and place meant that one could start to think of music as a part of one's furniture.”
Music“I don't like headphones very much, and I rarely listen to music on headphones.”
Music“The prospect of music being detachable from time and place meant that one could start to think of music as a part of one's furniture.”
Music“Editing is now the easiest thing on earth to do, and all the things that evolved out of word processing - 'Oh, let's put that sentence there, let's get rid of this' - have become commonplace in films and music too.”
Music“Music in itself carries a whole set of messages which are very, very rich and complex, and the words either serve to exclude certain ones or point up certain others.”
Music“If you grow up in a very strong religion like Catholicism you certainly cultivate in yourself a certain taste for the intensity of ideas.”
Religion“Most game music is based on loops effectively.”
Music“One of the interesting things about having little musical knowledge is that you generate surprising results sometimes you move to places you wouldn't if you knew better.”
Knowledge“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.”
Future“One often makes music to supplement one's world.”
Music“I hate the rock music tradition. I can't bear it!”
Music“I hate talking about music, to tell you the truth.”
Music“I'd love it if American kids were listening to Muslim music.”
Music“When our governments want to sell us a course of action, they do it by making sure it's the only thing on the agenda, the only thing everyone's talking about. And they pre-load the ensuing discussion with highly selected images, devious and prejudicial language, dubious linkages, weak or false 'intelligence' and selected 'leaks.'”
Intelligence“Everybody is entertained to death.”
Death“The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the index finger does the work.”
Computers“I think we're about ready for a new feeling to enter music. I think that will come from the Arabic world.”
Music“I don't like headphones very much, and I rarely listen to music on headphones.”
Music“Agressive music can only shock you once. Afterwards its impact declines. It's inevitable.”
Music“It's nice, I think, when people use your music for things you didn't think of.”
Music“Law is always better than war.”
War“The whole history of pop music had rested on the first person singular, with occasional intrusions of the second person singular.”
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