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

Truth is a big concept.

Yes, influences are enriching, and they can be found in every work of art, even the most original.

Since age seven, I've been composing and have never stopped composing, yet, the creative process is as elusive to me as it has ever been.

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.

If one uses music that one does not really love, then one will not succeed in making it one's own.

When I went back to visit my native Berlin after World War II, I noticed that the only thing I really remembered from my childhood Berlin days is the shoe store.