I Always Knew What I Wanted To

I Travel The World, And I'm Happy To Say That America Is Still The Great Melting Pot - Maybe A Chunky Stew Rather Than A Melting Pot At This Point, But You Know What I Mean.

I Like The Idea That [mahatma] Gandhi Is Appearing Now In An Opera Hall In All These Different Places, And People Kind Of Think About It Again.

My Biggest Problem About Writing Is Whenever I Write Piano Pieces, Because I Then Have To Learn To Play Them, Which Is Sometimes Not So Easy.

What Came To Me As A Revelation Was The Use Of Rhythm In Developing An Overall Structure In Music.

I Don't Know That I Make A Big Distinction Between The Big Pieces And The Little Pieces, Because I Don't Experience Them In That Way. I Mean, By The Same Token, You're Out Touring With A Band And Then You're Writing String Quartets, And In A Funny Way, Isn't It All The Same, In A Way? It's All Just Music.