Similarly you can make a transition from one set of instruments to another imperceptibly.

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I am writing something which I find satisfying and which I am prepared to put...

I am writing something which I find satisfying and which I am prepared to put...

Over the years I have tried to develop something which is technically assured.

Over the years I have tried to develop something which is technically assured.

What was once underground is now coming to the surface.

What was once underground is now coming to the surface.

There's another way of making music, by touching the lives and feelings of ordinary people.

There's another way of making music, by touching the lives and feelings of ordinary people.

I have friends who have a CD mastering plant in Hollywood and they are very...

I have friends who have a CD mastering plant in Hollywood and they are very...

When Philip Glass asked me if I would be interested in doing a new recording...

When Philip Glass asked me if I would be interested in doing a new recording...

One thing I'm doing on the new Titanic recording is actually bringing in different acoustic...

One thing I'm doing on the new Titanic recording is actually bringing in different acoustic...

The project which we developed, however, was for a sound piece and I was initially...

The project which we developed, however, was for a sound piece and I was initially...

Craft is part of the creative process.

Craft is part of the creative process.

The academic area of new music or modern music festivals is not something which attracts...

The academic area of new music or modern music festivals is not something which attracts...

Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years.

Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years.

I work very fast, keeping the ideas flowing but making sure they come out the...

I work very fast, keeping the ideas flowing but making sure they come out the...

Still, American composers working in France have had a pretty hard time.

Still, American composers working in France have had a pretty hard time.

Like an apparently strict musical form it breaks the five minute whole into its structural...

Like an apparently strict musical form it breaks the five minute whole into its structural...

I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.

I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.

Writing tonal music now, you are not writing into the 19th Century.

Writing tonal music now, you are not writing into the 19th Century.

I currently spend a lot of time thinking about orchestration and every detail of a...

I currently spend a lot of time thinking about orchestration and every detail of a...

Somehow in the 20th Century an idea has developed that music is an activity or...

Somehow in the 20th Century an idea has developed that music is an activity or...

As I had collaborated with visual artists before whether on installations, on performance pieces, in...

As I had collaborated with visual artists before whether on installations, on performance pieces, in...

I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me...

I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me...