The first album is a classic record and I think the prototype of a sound that no one else does.
I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world.
However now we can create a sound that can truly startle someone and in terms of sound effects I think the environment that we are in now has improved dramatically.
It was very difficult to startle or surprise someone with a particular sound during the family computer era.
My sense of divine brings with it a strange sound of music with its glories, a marvellous melody sounding like a multitude of flutes.
People like me sound like a lot of big cannons.
Most electronic equipment uses the principle of amplification. You need filters, modulators and mixing equipment which have gain stages. By piling these components up, I was able to work without any sound generators and I made several pieces in that manner.
I've never been able to arouse any interest in myself for digitally produced sound, and so the computer turns me off.
As far as I'm concerned, "whom" is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.
Most people say they talk to me and I sound older.
God tells me how the music should sound, but you stand in the way.
It may sound a bit like an army barracks, but the truth of the matter is: there must be some time laid aside for arranging, time for working on either a book or an article - I've written two articles in the last four months for the New York Times book review section.
I'm not trying to sound pretentious, but we did sell 12 million records on the first album, so we did get paid a little bit.
There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.
The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess.