As a composer, it is a great thrill for me to have an album in the top 15 of the pop charts.
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Music is an intrinsic part of life; therefore, it is important to transport different forms of artistic expression, science, and mathematics into compositions.
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Often, I could not find the range of emotions in classical music which I found in the The Rolling Stones and Hendrix. Listening to Bach, I found a deep spirituality and felt elevated above the human level. Yet the feeling and emotions attached to popular music speak to us far more personally, and I couldn't leave that behind.
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I think what really stays with me is the idea that you can write music about the texture of a wall, and everything is in some way connected.
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On every new project, I try to write in a different way and see if there's a new side of myself I haven't explored.
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I couldn't find a way to write music with numbers and rules and schedules. So I tried to forget the academic idea of music and started to see if it was possible to do creative work, taking in all the influences I wanted to keep.
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I like music that expresses what I think.
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I am very happy to be able to cross borders to go to China, to Mexico, to America, everywhere, and there is an instant understanding of what I do. This is incredibly beautiful because you've suddenly communicated with everyone without speaking the same language. The language of music is able to go anywhere.
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I feel a vocabulary in my music that is coming from popular music. Popular music is like the mother of all languages.
