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Music is such a problem in the time it takes.


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I think music has gone through a period of something very severe, rather radical, rather the way painting did with cubism.

I think music has gone through a period of something very severe, rather radical, rather the way painting did with cubism.



I didn't have a record player.

I didn't have a record player.



I don't have ideas so much as there are things which constantly evolve... there are various threads or layers, if you like, which change.

I don't have ideas so much as there are things which constantly evolve... there are various threads or layers, if you like, which change.



When I was confronted with official tuition, the academic thing, I could see no relationship whatever between that and the music I'd been writing since I was 11.

When I was confronted with official tuition, the academic thing, I could see no relationship whatever between that and the music I'd been writing since I was 11.



The opera tells the story with all the built-in contradictions and from many different angles.

The opera tells the story with all the built-in contradictions and from many different angles.



The theatre only knows what it's doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: 'What are we going to do in five years' time?' A completely different attitude.

The theatre only knows what it's doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: 'What are we going to do in five years' time?' A completely different attitude.



People say my music is English. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's not me writing English music, but that English music is becoming more like me.

People say my music is English. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's not me writing English music, but that English music is becoming more like me.



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.

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.



The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names.

The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names.



My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.

My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.





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