I never feel that my music is sparse or minimalist; the way fat people never really think they're fat. I certainly don't consider myself minimalist at all
The composer makes plans, music laughs.
What was great about the 50s is that for one brief moment - maybe, say, six weeks - nobody understood art.
After all, Jews invented psychiatry to help other Jews become Gentiles.
If you think you might have secret information listening to me, you're lost.
I was once married to a woman who could eat anything and tell you what was in it: the most complicated recipes. Her memory of taste - now that's what I call memory!