I usually listen to surf music, not much instrumental music, and when I was younger I listened to jazz.
I want to play music when I want, write a song if I want or watch a baseball game if I want.
It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives its most distinctive character.
That's what rock music is, I think - constantly searching for authenticity, and being as honest as possible.
The fact that the theatregoing public likes my music is no credit to me. There are many other composers who write better music that the public doesn't like.
The part of modern pop music I don't know much about is hip hop.
Music is all about training in harmony, training to understand and use musical energy for our greater pleasure by attuning to the natural laws of the universe.
To the average mind popular music would mean compositions vulgarly conceived and commonplace in their treatment. That is absolutely false.
To this day, I'm not as interested in music as people think. I'm more interested in how close we can get through the music.
I do feel like there's a level of ridiculousness going on in electronic music... It's getting borderline absurd out there.
I'm really interested in writing a piece of music that will move you, that will really move you. That is really the only reason that I'm writing music.
There was one man who was interested in the color of music, the connection between light and music, and that was Einstein.
One time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the Champagne Music Makers.
I decided that I wanted to explore all kinds of music with my cello, not just the Western classical tradition. I just wanted to try and expand my vocabulary and bring that different kind of music to my audience.
I dedicated almost 12 years to the music industry before having children.
I studied directing prior to acting and I've done music videos and documentaries and things that were sort of well-received.
Historically, black music has influenced other cultures and other genres and created other genres.
I'm not necessarily that big of a clubbing junkie, but I really like dance music as a genre.
Music conveys moods and images. Even in opera, where plots deal with the structure of destiny, it's music, not words, that provides power.
I've been really excited about some new cutting edge electronic music and technology.
Music remains the most strange of the materials because we don't understand what happens when music moves you.
