I Think That Of My 21 Symphonies,

It's Hard For Me To Think Of Others Because I'm Not Particularly In Sympathy With The Music Of This Century.

This Is Not To Say That The Scots Are Not Fine People, But They Were All Sort Of... Well, My Grandfather Was A Minister And Sort Of Protestant, And This Was Rather Depressing To Me.

I Did All Kinds Of Things In Order To Earn A Living.

I Was Born In Somerville, But I Don't Remember Very Much About It Because We Moved From There To Arlington When I Was Five Years Old, And It Was In Arlington That I Spent Most Of My Childhood.

The Composer...joins Heaven And Earth With Threads Of Sounds.