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

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.

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 am optimistic about the future of music.

The development of new instrumental and vocal idioms has been one of the remarkable phenomena of recent 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.