Composing Is Like Making Love To The

Composing Is Like Making Love To The Future.

Most People Think An Artist Tries To Be Original, But Originality Is The Last Thing That Develops In The Artist.

I Still Do Not Know Where The Notes Will Come From When I Accept A Commission For A New Work.

That Is Why The Analogy Of Stealing Does Not Work. With A Thief, We Want To Know How Much Money He Or She Stole, And From Whom? With The Artist It Is Not How Much He Or She Took From Whom, But What The Artist Did With It.

The Fact That Stravinsky Used The Classics As A Major Influence Is Obvious. What Is Interesting Is How He Used Them, How He Turned Bach Into Stravinsky.