My musical life started with hearing and being fascinated by contemporary music.

Since I'm allergic to various things, the army wouldn't accept me during the war, and I got into the Office of War Information, which sent music to Europe.

My musical life started with hearing and being fascinated by contemporary music.

Silences between movements are employed only in order to bring the opposing duo to the fore.

Well when I was young, when I was very young, when I was a little boy I don't remember the music I heard, but there was an article in the Brooklyn Daily written by my Aunt about how I could choose phonograph records.

Aaron Copland was a man that had a very specific point of view about what music should be which was that, he felt that new music should have the composer should show a personality in his music.

Almost every one of my various zero numbered birthdays has had a big concert in London and often in Paris.