A new language requires a new technique. If what you're saying doesn't require a new language, then what you're saying probably isn't new.

I shift between mediums very frequently. Instead of taking a break from writing, I just write in a different medium or in a different way or for a different purpose, so that I don't actually stop writing - I just go to something else. Like going from a big symphony to a piano piece is great and very refreshing, I find. And then going from that to a big concerto, and then having to go out and play.

What came to me as a revelation was the use of rhythm in developing an overall structure in music.

What I've noticed is that people who love what they do, regardless of what that might be, tend to live longer.

I'd say it's just part of the world that we live in; it's part of the music world.

A new language requires a new technique. If what you're saying doesn't require a new language, then what you're saying probably isn't new.

I travel the world, and I'm happy to say that America is still the great melting pot - maybe a chunky stew rather than a melting pot at this point, but you know what I mean.