It's hard for me to think of others because I'm not particularly in sympathy with the music of this century.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I feel that I belong to the 19th century. Some composers' music is very topical. It almost says, 'This is about what I read in newspapers yesterday.' Not mine.
My music is all about an idealistic human personality. I have 19th-century ideals.
Only the artists interest me whose hearts beat in unison with the poignant misery of the world. If you have not felt that, you have not lived. Pity is essential.
But I can't really say there is too much modern music that I'm blown away by at this moment.
It's very hard for me to think about my songs and attribute some significance to them.
It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically.
If we look at music history closely, it is not difficult to isolate certain elements of great potency which were to nourish the art of music for decades, if not centuries.
Music is one of those things that make us feel a little less alone in the world.
If you think my music is sentimental and self-absorbed, I agree with you.
I'm very obsessed with pop culture of the mid-century and it goes hand-in-hand with the music that I studied in school.