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"88% of what we call good songs aren't really good. They merely remind us of a good time we once had."

"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music."

"Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune."

"Well, we play Country music; we're just not sure what country it is."
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"People are afraid of things they don't understand. They don't know how to relate. It threatens their security, their existence, their career, image."

"Computers and electronic music are not the opposite of the warm human music. It's exactly the same."

"What I'm dealing with is sound. I don't pretend to be dealing with music. I'm just dealing with sound elements, textures and sounds."

"In all the music that deals with experimental repetition, drum and bass, dub, various kinds of house music, there's always been a quality of atmosphere and ambience."

"Nothing was a style first. Everything started as an idea. A guy did something with an idea. Someone copied him. Some copied all of them and it became trendy and then it became a style."

"Records are just moments of achievement. They're like receipts for work done. Time goes on and people keep playing music."

"Miles Davis fully embraced possibilities and delved into it. He was criticized heavily from the jazz side. He was supposed to be part of a tradition, but he didn't consider himself part of a tradition."

"If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room."
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