When you have performers, there's the uniqueness of live performance and what performers do in concerts.

I didn't want my music to be seen as examples of an electronic culture; I just wanted them to be thought of as pieces of music.

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 a way, worrying about physical movement and such.

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

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

I noticed things in my computer music that were getting old, and I started to figure out that this has to do with the way the listener interacts with music.

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.

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.

I don't think of my music as being about something.

I've been really fortunate to have Bridge Records interested in publishing my music for the past 25 years. Most of my music is available in their catalog.

It's very interesting for me to listen to music with my wife. She's not a musician but she very often makes comments about pieces in ways that are similar to what I'm thinking.

The sun never has an inferiority complex. It shines the same whether above or below.

Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.

It's one of the hardest things to translate anything that's not standard.

There's a phrase we live by in America: "In God We Trust". It's right there where Jesus would want it: on our money.

When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.

There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale.

...The pain didn't bother me. In fact, I welcome it: It meant I was alive.

No candidate dares to look for a new campaign model that could really enhance the democratic process. Instead we are left with the current one which makes our candidates look like hucksters.

I was never a 'sit down with a notepad and write lyrics' kind of person.

Tree at my window, window tree, My sash is lowered when night comes on; But let there never be curtain drawn Between you and me.