Past Quotes by Paul Lansky

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

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

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

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

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

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

I never thought that I would write orchestra music, but in fact I did write a group of orchestra pieces.

— Paul Lansky

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

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

It's always a thrill for me to see new versions of my pieces on YouTube.

— Paul Lansky

My perspective on the academic world is very favorable. I did certain kinds of things that I could never have done otherwise.

— Paul Lansky

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