The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names.
People say my music is English. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's not me writing English music, but that English music is becoming more like me.
The piece that had a large influence on me was Turangalila.
In the end it doesn't matter what you do.
I don't think there is much American music.
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.