I'm An Engineer. I See Myself As

Part Of What I Do Is A Craft, But Part Of What I Do Is A Science. And I Guess The Craft Comes In Knowing What Science To Use And What Science Not To Use.

What Inspires Me Is Not So Much The Music As The Opportunity To Interact With Composers. I Think That Has Driven Everything I've Done.

Other Kids Went Out And Beat Each Other Up Or Played Baseball, And I Built Electronics.

Back In The 40s And Early 50s, Building Simple Electronic Projects Was A Popular Hobby Of Many People. Back Then, You Could Buy, You Know, A Few Parts And - With Tubes And Build Something On Your Kitchen Table, And It Would Actually Work.

I Happen To Think That Computers Are The Most Important Thing To Happen To Musicians Since The Invention Of Cat-gut Which Was A Long Time Ago.