Music That Is Born Complex Is Not

Composers Tend To Assume That Everyone Loves Music. Surprisingly Enough, Everyone Doesn’t.

When I Speak Of The Gifted Listener, I Am Thinking Of The Nonmusician Primarily, Of The Listener Who Intends To Retain His Amateur Status. It Is The Thought Of Just Such A Listener That Excites The Composer In Me.

If You Want To Know About The Sixties, Play The Music Of The Beatles.

The Melody Is Generally What The Piece Is All About.

You Compose Because You Want To Somehow Summarize In Some Permanent Form Your Most Basic Feelings About Being Alive, To Set Down Some Sort Of Permanent Statement About The Way It Feels To Live Now, Today.