It's amazing how fast generations lose sight of other generations. One of the first things the young composers who come to work with me say is that they want to write music people will like, instead of gaining their credentials by being rejected by the audience.
“When you read a piece of writing that you admire, send a note of thanks to the author.”
“My work begun to spread out. And calls to the universities begun to take me out of my garden, you know.”