I always sort of saw myself as different from a musician.
I'm not musical in any way.
I play no instruments.
We're not really band guys. We're shlumpy guys. We don't look like rock stars.
When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.
[My father] was not a musical man.
I'm not actually a musician.
I wanted to be a music fan who just listens to music. I never wanted to be musician. I didn't gravitate toward playing.
