"I was thinking about the breathing thing. This is a much calmer sort of experience. It's also a challenge for me because normally I write a lot of fast notes. "
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"Who I am in the world of classical music is someone who says you may think that it's a difficult entry point, but here's how it's easy. "
"What's that next frontier for modern music? If anything, it feels to me a bit like maybe not leaning so heavily on one's unique identity."
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"It's only by letting go and having a tremendous amount of throughput, I think, that you can really find the meaning in the moments."
"The job of a composer is a lot more complicated than only writing music."
"What I like in music is where something magical happens and where there is soul and a life behind that's never going to be predictable."
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