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I can take any series of numbers and turn it into music, from Bach to bebop, Herbie Hancock to hip-hop.

I'm creative; I'm not re-creative.

My work sometimes can be abstract and appear not to have a direct relationship to Afro-American concerns, but, in fact, it is based on that.

I don't follow what everybody else does.

Here in Seattle, I'm the most productive I've ever been. I don't allow myself personal distractions. I'm extremely disciplined here.

They use all of the music that I did in the '50s, '60s and the '70s behind people like Tupac and LL Cool J. I'm into all that stuff.

My concerns have been about myself and not about giving something back and putting something in, even though that's been in the back of my head.