I had to do this very aggressive, big score in a very short time, and knowing that in the beginning, middle, and end would be this very, very famous theme, but I still had to weave a score around it and make it work as a score was really challenging.
“You can read all the textbooks and listen to all the records, but you have to play with musicians that are better than you.”
“How much has it been your experience that Americans follow what happens in the world?”