Music has just as much to do with movement and body as it does soul and intellect.

Pulse as an active means of expression, Stravinsky and Beethoven are the two masters of that.

When an artist works today or whenever, it's not about creating immortal masterpieces, because that's the one thing we don't decide ourselves.

As we watch TV or films, there are no organic transitions, only edits. The idea of A becoming B, rather than A jumping to B, has become foreign.

There is such a suspicion in today's world of people who do more than one thing, who aren't specialized.

I'm composing more than before. I'm cutting down on conducting.

Stravinsky is masterly: his harmony is conceived so precisely that it can only be the way it is.