The September 11 attacks were the greatest work of art in the cosmos...compared to that, we composers are nothing

And the invention of transformations of certain figures has become the most important in musical composition.

I was horrible at everything I ever tried to do and people respect me. The American Dream has come true!!

It is true that the eyes dominate the ears in our time.

Music is mathematics, the mathematics of listening, mathematics for the ears.

So there is a personal sense of style for a given work - I don't like a general style, but every work has its own style, and I want to create a style for every work.

I became aware that all sounds can make meaningful language.