I pick up the New York Times or Time and it's talking about the latest rock group, which I'm sure is exciting to some people, but it neglects a huge area of music.

Nonetheless, I sense that it will be the task of the future to somehow synthesize the sheer diversity of our present resources into a more organic and well-ordered procedure.

Perhaps of all the most basic elements of music, rhythm most directly affects our central nervous system.

I am optimistic about the future of music.

Perhaps two million years ago the creatures of a planet in some remote galaxy faced a musical crisis similar to that which we earthly composers face today.

I frequently hear our present period described as uncertain, confused, chaotic.

I believe that music surpasses even language in its power to mirror the innermost recesses of the human soul