There's a branch of math called the foundations of math. It's kind of like quantum mechanics. It's about how this very complex theory of math can be built up from very basic parts.

Real randomness requires an infinite amount of information.

Computers are only capable of a certain kind of randomness because computers are finite devices.

Especially with iPhones, iPads and apps, there's just so much detachment that you're just flicking your fingers on a smooth surface to get the weather or whatever.

If you're going to download an MP3, as a recording, it's sort of like an archive of something that has happened - that has a beginning and an end and can be released. The infiniteness escaped.

I think people should consume their music any way they want. If it's more practical for them to listen to it on an iPod or something, that's fine by me.

People generally like to subscribe to celebrities.

Whenever you have something looping, you essentially have something generating information with less information.

Let your boys test their wings. They may not be eagles, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't soar free.

We may not understand why certain things occur in our lives, but we understand who to run to when they do.

I respect everyone, from the homeless brother and sister on the street to the executive that sits in the highest office named President Barack Obama. I respect everyone - but we over-respect no one.

Understanding dissolves fear. When we understand the true nature of our being, fears dissipate. We are spiritual beings, not human beings.

When anyone has the power to destroy the whole human race in a matter of hours, it becomes a moral issue. The church must speak out.

Personally, I can't see how anyone can produce any beautiful music out of being angry.

If I saw the art around me that I liked, then I wouldn't do art.

Better to constantly check in than ride proud on your high horse.

I've personally backed off from direct political involvement.

To sit in solemn silence on a dull, dark dock in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock from a cheap and chippy chopper on a big, black block.