Synths are a very low level of artificial intelligence. Whereas you have a Stradivarius that will live for a thousand years.

Computers were never designed in the first place to become musical instruments. Within a computer, everything is sterile - there's no sound, there's no air. It's totally code. Like with computer-generated effects in movies, you can create wonders. But it's really hard to create emotion.

Music was a vector that we wanted to build a universe around.

Music was segregated in the '80s, and then in the '90s the boundaries started to break down, and rock kids got into electronic music. But then you got this reverse snobbery where people would only listen to electronic music and not rock.

If you think about any multiparty process where shared information is necessary to the completion of transactions, and the coordination of activity and the exchange of value, that's where blockchain technology can be put to good use.

We're competing with everything: the beach, the mall, bookstores. Libraries are in a transition right now, caught between two forces, the old ways and technology. Libraries are under a lot of pressure to provide both.

We have transformed Philips into a focused leader in health technology, delivering innovation to help people manage their health.

As a general rule, I wouldn't put anything in a text or e-mail or on social media that I wouldn't want the whole world to see.