I still do not know where the notes will come from when I accept a commission for a new work.

Truth implies meaning.

Great music does not just make me feel good. It means something. It makes us understand. It makes us happy.

That is why the analogy of stealing does not work. With a thief, we want to know how much money he or she stole, and from whom? With the artist it is not how much he or she took from whom, but what the artist did with it.

It is the element I miss in electronic music - no performance, no loving immersion. Maybe that is why I was never particularly drawn to electronic music.

I don't dare postulate about science, but I know that it takes both emotion and intellect in order for art to happen.

As I sit down and start to work, I often panic. I stare at the empty piece of music paper. How can I say that my piece will be ready for performance next January when I do not have a recipe for making it happen?