I'm not Stravinsky, I never will be.
You stick your nose in the dirt until you find something that smells good.
You have to study composition to understand that things can be done backwards and forwards and upside down, inverted, but it's mainly just an inner valid intuitive thing. Where do you want to go? Ok this is busy, or this needs some space, or this is too much space so now I want to put more notes in there or something. It's all about contrast. High, low. Fast, slow, thick or thin or what have you. And it's the same with improvisation.
I do the same thing every night, but different.
I'm pretty proud of everything I've done.
If I practice I'll really alienate people.
Half the stuff I've written was written when I was half asleep watching the David Letterman show when some boring actress was on talking about herself. I would just mute the TV, look over to the computer and start plugging in notes. Then the next morning you go "Wow, I like this". I'd almost forget what I did, and then it would inspire me to go on and do the next thing. That's what I do. Just kind of follow my own little thing.
In the liner notes, music is fine by itself. It doesn't need any explanation.
We have a society that wants somebody to come out of college with a degree that will make them a slave for whatever discipline they're in.
I feel qualified and competent to try anything that's thrown my way because I don't have to be a success. I can just try.
I don't have to be a success. I can just try.