You either are or you're not.
When I was a kid, I wrote music - from the age of 11 until the age of 18.
The piece that had a large influence on me was Turangalila.
I didn't have a record player.
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.
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.