I always write the pieces I want to write.
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Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It's absolutely of its time. Music moved into the set theory thing, and moved out of it.Harrison Birtwistle
I'm not a music lover in the sense that I look for something to have on. I've never had that attitude to music.
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The piece that had a large influence on me was Turangalila.
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You either are or you're not.
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I don't think there is much American music.
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The opera tells the story with all the built-in contradictions and from many different angles.
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