Although technical discussions are interesting to composers, I suspect that the truly magical and spiritual powers of music arise from deeper levels of our psyche.

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I am optimistic about the future of music.

I am optimistic about the future of music.

Perhaps of all the most basic elements of music, rhythm most directly affects our central...

Perhaps of all the most basic elements of music, rhythm most directly affects our central...

I think we're in a very low point of music right now.

I think we're in a very low point of music right now.

This is not a happy time for this kind of music in this country.

This is not a happy time for this kind of music in this country.

I have observed, too, that the people of the many countries that I have visited...

I have observed, too, that the people of the many countries that I have visited...

I am certain that most composers today would consider today's music to be rich, not...

I am certain that most composers today would consider today's music to be rich, not...

If we look at music history closely, it is not difficult to isolate certain elements...

If we look at music history closely, it is not difficult to isolate certain elements...

I pick up the New York Times or Time and it's talking about the latest...

I pick up the New York Times or Time and it's talking about the latest...

Perhaps many of the perplexing problems of the new music could be put into a...

Perhaps many of the perplexing problems of the new music could be put into a...

Writing seems to be more difficult as you move through the years.

Writing seems to be more difficult as you move through the years.

I frequently hear our present period described as uncertain, confused, chaotic.

I frequently hear our present period described as uncertain, confused, chaotic.

The retrospective glance is a relatively easy gesture for us to make.

The retrospective glance is a relatively easy gesture for us to make.

One very important aspect of our contemporary musical culture - some might say the supremely...

One very important aspect of our contemporary musical culture - some might say the supremely...

The advent of electronically synthesized sound after World War II has unquestionably had enormous influence...

The advent of electronically synthesized sound after World War II has unquestionably had enormous influence...

The future will be the child of the past and the present, even if a...

The future will be the child of the past and the present, even if a...

Most of my influences are turn-of-the-century.

Most of my influences are turn-of-the-century.

Unquestionably, our contemporary world of music is far richer, in a sense, than earlier periods,...

Unquestionably, our contemporary world of music is far richer, in a sense, than earlier periods,...

The development of new instrumental and vocal idioms has been one of the remarkable phenomena...

The development of new instrumental and vocal idioms has been one of the remarkable phenomena...

I must confess, my Spanish is not so good - except I read a little,...

I must confess, my Spanish is not so good - except I read a little,...

In a broader sense, the rhythms of nature, large and small - the sounds of...

In a broader sense, the rhythms of nature, large and small - the sounds of...