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.

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.

Music might be defined as a system of proportions in the service of a spiritual impulse

The future will be the child of the past and the present, even if a rebellious child.

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