There's many possibilities for anything.

Of course the headspace for the young musician is whatever the guy who is paying you says, is right, but that's all.

I don't have to be a success. I can just try.

If it's something that I just can't get anywhere with, even if I think this could be a hit, I just drop it and it doesn't get developed.

I try to put what's evocative in the music to me, I try and put that out there in terms of titles and imagery, or implication towards the listener.

I'm not a haiku artist, but I wanted to use the phrase 5, 7, 5 in the melody that flows over time. So the string melody, the first one is five notes, the next one is seven, and then the third one is five.

If I practice I'll really alienate people.