"I frequently compose out the entire metric structure of a piece in modified cyclic form, where each cyclic revolution undergoes some form of 'variation' much as if measure lengths were concrete musical 'material.'"

"What makes a specific quality or quantity of innovation retain its intense newness over the years?"

"Why, in such a case, should the performer essay any sort of considered approach at all?"

"In any case, the fewer boundaries that exist hindering free movement between all forms of articulate human cognition, the better."

"I believe a solid, really strong middle-class is the key to making the country in the best way."

"As a child, I had to get up early for school or work. I'd get ready by myself. I'd set my alarm to wake me up very early in the morning, and be off to work, the family driver driving me every morning. I did it alone, my parents never coming in to wake me up."

"Travel is very subjective. What one person loves, another loathes. I would say a private paradise in the Caribbean. If you want culture and class, I would say Tuscany. If you want exotic, I would say Bangkok, Thailand."

"I guess I never really had a high school experience. I went for about a month, and on the first day one of my friends got punched in the eye. It was Southern California Public High School. Needless to say, I wasn't there for long."