One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things.
I didn't have a record player.
There are rhythmic ideas which sometimes only work up to a point. In writing there are moments when it just comes off the page, it's not just a collection of notes.
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.
Music is such a problem in the time it takes.