Since music has never had a Rembrandt, we have remained nothing more than musicians.

Music is essentially built upon primitive memory structures.

I never feel that my music is sparse or minimalist; the way fat people never really think they're fat. I certainly don't consider myself minimalist at all.

I've been living with the minor second all my life and I finally found a way to handle it.

I was once married to a woman who could eat anything and tell you what was in it: the most complicated recipes. Her memory of taste - now that's what I call memory!

Just what the hell is the experimental tradition?