The only way for me to compose is intensively. To pick at it over a long period doesn't seem to work.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I find it very difficult to compose when I'm not playing.
It is not hard to compose, but what is fabulously hard is to leave the superfluous notes under the table.
I like to compose, but only for myself. I write my own lyrics and compose the music around them.
Composing is sort of an intuitive act. You have to put yourself in the right frame of mind.
I don't like to box myself in when I'm composing.
My writing regimen is not very regimented. I tend to be a binge writer, working sometimes in the morning and sometimes all night. When I get going I like to hunch over the keyboard until I feel totally played out.
Since age seven, I've been composing and have never stopped composing, yet, the creative process is as elusive to me as it has ever been.
The process of composition, messing around with paragraphs and trying to make really good prose, is hardwired into my personality.
The more I compose, the more I know that I don't know it all. I think it's a good way to start. If you think you know it all, the work becomes a repetition of what you've already done. I try to make sure that I don't repeat my music.
The way to compose for me is to have lots of time.