I always knew what I wanted to do and I did it.

I'd say the differences are more interesting than the similarities at this point. Certainly no one would ever mistake my music for Steve's [ Reich].

If you don't have a basis on which to make the choice, then you don't have a style at all. You have a series of accidents.

I find that people can’t find you. It’s kind of quiet. When I go to a city, I can almost always get a piano if I need one. So there’s something nice about being on the road and focusing on something you want to do.

In order to arrive at a personal style, you have to have a technique to begin with.

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, as a young guy getting out of music school, I didn't like the prospect of spending my life writing music for about 200 people.