If the music has a logic of its own - as I think my music has - an open-minded listener will apprehend and understand.

- Paul Lansky

I've had a lot of fun writing percussion music. It feels quite similar to writing computer music. But I found myself in the role of choreographer in …

- Paul Lansky

With repeated listenings, a piece eventually becomes its own being. I very often say to students that this is like meeting a person for the first tim…

- Paul Lansky

I was very fortunate to be at a wealthy institution. I do recognize the drawbacks and limitations of the academic world but it's basically the world …

- Paul Lansky

I think you'll find a significant number of people who decide not to enter competitions because their music just won't fit in that world.

- Paul Lansky

With a piece of classical music by Haydn, Mozart, or Beethoven, on first listening I'm referencing it with other pieces by them that I know. I think …

- Paul Lansky

I don't think there's something that you have to 'get' with my music. It tends toward the dramatic side rather than the narrative.

- Paul Lansky

My perspective on the academic world is very favorable. I did certain kinds of things that I could never have done otherwise.

- Paul Lansky

I found myself recycling ideas and I saw that I had to invent reasons to compose a piece rather than start from some exciting idea.

- Paul Lansky