One of the things that was a blessing for me is my parents were music lovers. Neither of my parents played an instrument, but they were avid record buyers. And I grew up at every age listening to all kinds of music.
I would advise my young colleagues, the composers of symphonies, to drop in sometimes at the kindergarten, too. It is there that it is decided whether there will be anybody to understand their works in twenty years' time.
The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead.
I just never really though you could or couldn't listen to a certain type of music.
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.
We don't really talk about music that much, to be honest with you. It's not some I usually - I can't really talk about other people's tracks never mind my own.
I do listen to other music though, and try to pick up what is good.
I'm not really a music person.
The biggest problem with American music right now, is that kids don't listen. They come by it honestly, Americans don't listen anyway. When people go to concerts, they say I'm going to see... not, I'm going to hear.
If you hear a song and you like it, you like it.
My confession: I listen to great music very badly.
