Most of my influences are turn-of-the-century.

Unquestionably, our contemporary world of music is far richer, in a sense, than earlier periods, due to the historical and geographical extensions of culture to which I have referred.

It is easy to write unthinking music.

The advent of electronically synthesized sound after World War II has unquestionably had enormous influence on music in general.

As interesting as that music can occasionally be, I don't think it really replaces the other.

I am certain that most composers today would consider today's music to be rich, not to say confusing, in its enormous diversity of styles, technical procedures, and systems of esthetics.

One very important aspect of our contemporary musical culture - some might say the supremely important aspect - is its extension in the historical and geographical senses to a degree unknown in the past.