I found myself recycling ideas and I saw that I had to invent reasons to compose a piece rather than start from some exciting idea. — Paul Lansky Copy Share Image
I came to what I think of as the critical problem: the aging process of a piece of music. I noticed in the '70s that pieces I wrote would sound great the first time I listened to them and then… — Paul Lansky Copy Share Image
I think of myself as experimenting with different ways of structuring pieces. A lot of it has to do with the computer, of course. — Paul Lansky Copy Share Image
I was hired for a really excellent academic job early in my life; I was twenty-five when I started at Princeton and I got… — Paul Lansky Copy Share Image
Very often, when you're listening to a piece for the first time, you're listening through a model of other pieces that you know. At… — Paul Lansky Copy Share Image
I was very fortunate to be at a wealthy institution. I do recognize the drawbacks and limitations of the academic world but it's basically… — Paul Lansky Copy Share Image
With repeated listenings, a piece eventually becomes its own being. I very often say to students that this is like meeting a person for… — Paul Lansky Copy Share Image
I've been really fortunate to have Bridge Records interested in publishing my music for the past 25 years. Most of my music is available… — Paul Lansky Copy Share Image
I never thought that I would write orchestra music, but in fact I did write a group of orchestra pieces. — Paul Lansky Copy Share Image
If the music has a logic of its own - as I think my music has - an open-minded listener will apprehend and understand. — Paul Lansky Copy Share Image
Even today, I notice that some of my pieces are explicitly tonal; there are actually tonics and dominants. And then there are pieces that… — Paul Lansky Copy Share Image
It's always a thrill for me to see new versions of my pieces on YouTube. — Paul Lansky Copy Share Image
My perspective on the academic world is very favorable. I did certain kinds of things that I could never have done otherwise. — Paul Lansky Copy Share Image
With a piece of classical music by Haydn, Mozart, or Beethoven, on first listening I'm referencing it with other pieces by them that I… — Paul Lansky Copy Share Image
