Math and music are intimately related. Not necessarily on a conscious level, but sure.

Math was my big interest when I was in prep school. I was considering taking math in college, and majoring in it.

Puzzles are like songs - A good puzzle can give you all the pleasure of being duped that a mystery story can. It has surface innocence, surprise, the revelation of a concealed meaning, and the catharsis of solution.

They wanted me to be a concert pianist, because I had a very good right hand, but my left hand's terrible and I hated performing.

I do not dwell on dreams I know how soon a dream becomes an expectation How can I have expectations? Look at me, No, Captain, Look at me, Look at me!

Sometimes colleagues in performance are absolutely astonishing.

By the time I get through writing a score, I know the book better than the book writer does, because I've examined every word, and questioned the book writer on every word.