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

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.

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.

I came up in the '60s; that was a time when there was a revolution going on in music. Stravinsky had become a twelve-tone composer; even Aaron Copland was writing twelve-tone pieces at that time!

I knew I loved youwhen 'home' went from being a placeto being a person.

The growing professional disciplines of medical ethics and bioethics have had a profound impact on researchers, bedside doctors, associations of physicians, and government.

The whole system of society tells you what to do.

I'll tell you what I think. I think you need to stay indoors reading more books!

You just have to realize that Jet Li is a movie star. He's great at what he does, but if he stepped into our world he wouldn't last long.

For a true writer each book should be a new beginning, where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment.

Observation #8: Boys are icky. Do not even get me started on the state of the bathroom. I'm thinking of calling in a haz-mat team. Seriously.

I must let go of my need for the world to love me.

To brisk notes in cadence beating, glance their many-twinkling feet.

Every time we have an election, we get in worse men and the country keeps right on going. Times have proven only one thing and that is you can't ruin this country even with politics.