It's the irrational things that interest me.
I didn't have a record player.
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 wrote music as soon as I knew notation.
My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.
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!