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I wanted to get to that aesthetic proposition that comes out of learning the human elements of a world, so that those notes and rhythms mean something to you besides just the academic way in which they fall in place.

One of the interesting things about having little musical knowledge is that you generate surprising results sometimes; you move to places you wouldn't if you knew better.

I really had to think and learn about musical intervals.

There's something mathematically satisfying about music: notes fit together and harmony and all that. And mathematics has to do with abstractions and making connections.

But however measurable, there is much more life in music than mathematics or logic ever dreamed of.

That makes classical music work, the ability to improvise.

Being able to take musical ideas through every iteration is attractive to me. Granted, not everyone's going to want to listen to that, but it should exist.

A lot of music is mathematics. It's balance.

Many classical musicians lack pulse and rhythmical strength and precision, so for us it was very important to acquire and learn those.