"I think there are influences that you open the door to, and influences that come under the door."
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"I always write the pieces I want to write."
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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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"I don't think there is much American music."
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"You either are or you're not."
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"When I was a kid, I wrote music - from the age of 11 until the age of 18."
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"This sounds horribly pretentious, but I like to think that if music hadn't existed, I could have invented it."
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"It's the irrational things that interest me."
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"There are rhythmic ideas which sometimes only work up to a point. In writing there are moments when it just comes off the page, it's not just a collection of notes."
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