You either are or you're not.

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

I think there are influences that you open the door to, and influences that come under the door.

I don't have ideas so much as there are things which constantly evolve... there are various threads or layers, if you like, which change.

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.

I always write the pieces I want to write.