The Work I've Done Is

Finally, Ultimately, You Write Music For Yourself. I Mean, I Need A Public, I Need People To Play, I Need Everything Else. I'm Not Working In Isolation. But Finally The Man That Writes The Music Is Alone. And I Have To Respond To Those Criteria Which Are Almost Like Inner Needs Or Inner Responses.

But The Difference Between The Little Pieces And The Big Pieces - I'm Not Actually Sure Which Are The Little Pieces. With Some Of The Big Pieces, It's A Lot Of Musical Running Around, Whereas The Little Pieces, You Can Say Everything You Want To Say.

I Think It's A Great Handicap To Be Discovered At An Early Age. I Didn't Have That Burden Of Early Success. I Had The Much More Livable And Durable Career Where Success Comes Late, And Comes Slowly, And You Ease Into It. So By The Time It Comes, You're Ready To Deal With It.

I Don't Think I'm Capable Of Making Radical Changes, But Over A Period Of Four Or Five Years You Can Perceive Very Big Changes, And They Seem Rather Small At The Time.

The Hardest Thing About Traveling Is That Mostly You Get To A Point - And It Always Happens On Every Tour - Where You Can Choose Between Eating And Sleeping, But You Can't Do Both.