However, I Began Composing As Soon As

Perhaps The Better Word Is Emotional Yes, I Am An Emotional Man

Stravinsky Used Mother Goose. He Was Influenced By Mother Goose, Indirectly, But Very Beautifully

I Don't Use Old Music.

I Was Fifteen Years Old, And I Hardly Knew How To Play A Simple Bach Prelude On The Piano When I Began To Compose Music, And At The Most Advanced Level. I Had Never Studied Such Things As Harmony.

I Listen To All Kinds Of Music - New Music, Old Music, Music Of My Colleagues, Everything.