You either are or you're not.
Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It's absolutely of its time. Music moved into the set theory thing, and moved out of it.
One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things.
I don't think there is much American music.
When I dealt with set theory, I could never make it be the music that I wanted.
The theatre only knows what it's doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: 'What are we going to do in five years' time?' A completely different attitude.