The Idea Is More Important Than The

Originally, I Wanted To Be A Composer. I Always Tell People, 'i Think Of Myself As A Composer.

I'm Interested In Music, Not In My Image. If Someone Plays Something Fantastic, That I Could Never Have Thought Of, It Makes Me Happy To Know It Exists.

We In The Western World Suffer From Too Many Categories And Classes; We've Forgotten That We All Still Have Diapers On. We've Separated Music From Life.

I Have Often Read Critical Pieces Where The Critic Said That What The Composer Was Trying To Do Didn't Come Off. I Have Wondered What The Critic Meant If He Didn't Know What The Composer Was Trying To Do.

After I Left Texas And Went To California, I Had A Hard Time Getting Anyone To Play Anything That I Was Writing, So I Had To End Up Playing Them Myself. And That's How I Ended Up Just Being A Saxophone Player.