When you have performers, there's the uniqueness of live performance and what performers do in concerts.
Paul LanskyI was hired for a really excellent academic job early in my life; I was twenty-five when I started at Princeton and I got tenure early on. I really didn't deserve this; I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.
Paul LanskyI wrote a lot of software to do various kinds of special things, and I loved the idea of composing pieces in an electronic studio.
Paul LanskyI don't think there's something that you have to 'get' with my music. It tends toward the dramatic side rather than the narrative.
Paul LanskyWith repeated listenings, a piece eventually becomes its own being. I very often say to students that this is like meeting a person for the first time. When you first meet someone, you reference that person with others who are similar; but, as you get to know that person better, you begin to understand his unique qualities.
Paul Lansky