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

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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...

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...

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...

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...

As interesting as that music can occasionally be, I don't think it really replaces the...

As interesting as that music can occasionally be, I don't think it really replaces the...

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...

Perhaps two million years ago the creatures of a planet in some remote galaxy faced...

Perhaps two million years ago the creatures of a planet in some remote galaxy faced...

I am optimistic about the future of music.

I am optimistic about the future of music.

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.

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...

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 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...

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.

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...

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...

Nonetheless, I sense that it will be the task of the future to somehow synthesize...

Nonetheless, I sense that it will be the task of the future to somehow synthesize...

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

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

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,...

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

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