I worked on the tracks so they sounded as good as possible in there... I wanted to make something that was for the night.

I feel like there's a young generation of producers who are taking inspiration from dubstep but trying to push it in other directions.

People read into the music. I have a feeling that they can believe that I'm trying to put some emotion forward. It's not just some technical exercise.

When drum'n'bass happened, when the two-step/garage thing happened, there was a chart smash every week; it operated on the underground and the pinnacle of pop mainstream at the same time.

So many people I was at school with have all ended up being musicians and putting records out.

When I first heard bands like Tortoise, it seemed to come off the back of that world, like let's make a record with three vibraphones and release it on a seven-inch with black-and-white artwork.

I think the most important thing for me is putting out records that document ideas.

Gospel isn't some ditty to make people enjoy their afternoon - it's communicating with God.

I realized there were no words or anything in my music, nothing that people would have to draw them in a little bit more.

I find the more I DJ, the more ideas I have and the more music I want to make.

My father is a massive, massive music fan. I grew up listening to rock, soul and jazz.

The few people who earned my respect are those who are predictable in their character but totally unpredictable the way they think!

The difference between technology and slavery is that slaves are fully aware that they are not free

Angels need an assumed body, not for themselves, but on our account.

For work, I have to be living in cities, I really cherish the time when I get to be out in the countryside.

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you'll have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either of them might run out.

It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.

3D really altered the way I shot the movie completely, and it was exciting because, after 20 years of filmmaking, I felt like I was making my first movie, all over again.

I am rather what we usually call a Pop pianist with my own romantic style.

We [the band] had this open door policy - if you walked in the door, you were asked to play

Breaking free, or not, is usually determined by whether you want to get somewhere slowly or nowhere fast.