I didn't have a record player.

I'm not an architectural composer.

I'm not a music lover in the sense that I look for something to have on. I've never had that attitude to music.

It's the irrational things that interest me.

The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names.

I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.

My attitude to writing is like when you do wallpapering, you remember where all the little bits are that don't meet. And then your friends say: It's terrific!