Good music resembles something. It resembles the composer..

I was not influenced by composers as much as by natural objects and physical phenomena..

When I am with composers, I say I am a conductor. When I am with conductors, I say I am a composer..

If you're a good composer, you steal good steals..

Puccini - silver macaroni, exquisitely tangled..

Not all, but too many of the best writers, composers, and artists of our time begin to be acclaimed only when they no longer have anything to say and….