The problem with composers is that they are the most unrequired job in America.

When you have a single composer writing his work, it shouldn't be doled out in singles based on the length of a piece.

The problem with composers is that they are the most unrequired job in America.

Certainly Apple has improved enormously. At the beginning, the sampling rate was an issue for me, but a bigger argument was over digital rights, which I had.

I think ingenuity is part of our DNA. That plus curiosity, plus the willingness to commit.

Live concerts were to train the ears and to introduce, constantly, new musical ideas to the audience so the next time they showed up or the next record they would be ready and receptive.

If you think about how long it takes to write a piece of music for an orchestra, it's outrageous to me, outrageous.