I don't write things that are wildly abstractly atonal.
From Andre Previn
I admire Elliott Carter endlessly. But I have no ambitions to emulate him.
Elliott Carter does not write the kind of music that the kids go off to school whistling.
I finally wasn't interested in writing music that played while actors talked.
A Beethoven symphony should be rehearsed like chamber music, only for a lot more people.
People who don't do jazz think it's black magic. But really, it's just a matter of getting used to it. It's fun to gamble. The trick is not to fall back on the things you've done before.
I've had the healthy and sobering experience of constantly working with music that is invariably better than any performance of it can be.
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