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"Music reveals the deepest beauty of the soul."

"If I had the choice, I would sing only love songs."

"Music made me kinder. Music made me a lover."
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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."

"I don't have ideas so much as there are things which constantly evolve... there are various threads or layers, if you like, which change."

"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!"

"Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It's absolutely of its time. Music moved into the set theory thing, and moved out of it."

"People say my music is English. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's not me writing English music, but that English music is becoming more like me."

"I'm not a music lover in the sense that I look for something to have on. I've never had that attitude to music."
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