I Think That Of My 21 Symphonies,

I Was Much More Interested In The Orchestra Than The Piano, But I Did Become Fairly Proficient As A Pianist And My Teachers Felt I Had Talent And Wanted Me To Become A Good Concert Pianist And Earn My Living That Way.

It's Hard For Me To Think Of Others Because I'm Not Particularly In Sympathy With The Music Of This Century.

There Is Nothing Like Practice.

My Purpose Is To Create Music Not For Snobs, But For All People, Music Which Is Beautiful And Healing. To Attempt What Old Chinese Painters Called 'spirit Resonance' In Melody And Sound.

I Was Born In Somerville, But I Don't Remember Very Much About It Because We Moved From There To Arlington When I Was Five Years Old, And It Was In Arlington That I Spent Most Of My Childhood.