If we look at music history closely, it is not difficult to isolate certain elements of great potency which were to nourish the art of music for decades, if not centuries.

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

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.

The retrospective glance is a relatively easy gesture for us to make.

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

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

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.