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Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It's absolutely of its time. Music moved into the set theory thing, and moved out of it.
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One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things.
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I'm not a music lover in the sense that I look for something to have on. I've never had that attitude to music.
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The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names.
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The theatre only knows what it's doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: What are we going to do in five years' time? A completely different attitude.
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People say my music is English. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's not me writing English music, but that English music is becoming more like me.
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My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.
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My attitude to writing is like when you do wallpapering, you remember where all the little bits are that don't meet. And then your friends say: It's terrific!
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When I dealt with set theory, I could never make it be the music that I wanted.
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I think there are influences that you open the door to, and influences that come under the door.
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