Composers Are Influenced By All The Important

The Strangest Part Of Indian Music Is Its Lack Of Chords: There's No Such Thing As Major Or Minor, And It's Unusual To Hear More Than Two Different Pitches At The Same Time.

I Suppose, Counting Back, If The Beatles Had Been Influenced By Music In The Same Length Of Time Ago - You'd Have To Put That Into Better English For Me, Thank You - They Would Have Been Like A Banjo Orchestra. They Would Have Been Doing Show Tunes.

I Worry About Being A Fogy And Just Writing For Orchestras. Like, Really, I Should Be Doing More Electronic Stuff, I Feel. Laptops As Part Of The Orchestra, And Installation Sound, And Speakers.

I Don't Mind When People Are Telling Me About Their 1971 Firebird, But It's The Same Thing As People Telling Me About Their Car Or Something. It's Fine If You Have An Interest. By Talking With Me, Though, You Could Be Interviewing A Novelist About Guitars. It's The Same Thing, Except I Don't Write That Well Either.

Obviously There Will Be A Backlash. If You Believe The Hype You Have To Believe A Backlash Too. Any Criticism We Get, Is Always Stuff We've Already Criticized Ourselves.