Perhaps many of the perplexing problems of the new music could be put into a new light if we were to reintroduce the ancient idea of music being a reflection of nature.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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