Even if you're a genius and you invent your own language, it doesn't become a language until there are people using it.
Eyvind KangIn a way, composing on the melodic level is an expression of a melodic truth, almost like a geometric truth. If it has clarity, other people will recognize it. There's no way of isolating it in a gallery on a white wall and saying, "This is a work of art. This is a mathematical proof."
Eyvind KangI don't like to treat words and sounds like objects. You have to penetrate deeply into their meaning.
Eyvind KangWho approaches collaboration with agenda in terms of content? The agenda is only in terms of process, which is generosity, listening, careful thinking.
Eyvind Kang