Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can write will be the best you are.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Composing is sort of an intuitive act. You have to put yourself in the right frame of mind.
The process of composition, messing around with paragraphs and trying to make really good prose, is hardwired into my personality.
You have to know composition to be a good improviser.
I find composition difficult. I never thought of myself as someone who can crank it out. I can't crank it out - I have to dig it out the hard way. In some sense, you become more confident in your technical apparatus, but it becomes harder to do something you haven't done already.
Composing is like driving down a foggy road toward a house. Slowly you see more details of the house-the color of the slates and bricks, the shape of the windows. The notes are the bricks and the mortar of the house.
I've always been a writer who does simplistic, simple melodies. But I think it works.
There are no rules and regulations for perfect composition. If there were we would be able to put all the information into a computer and would come out with a masterpiece. We know that's impossible. You have to compose by the seat of your pants.
Composition is definitely what I'm born to do, and it came last.
I have always been able to write on the spot. It is a talent that I guess comes naturally.
When you combine something to say with the skill to say it properly, then you've got a good writer.