When my opera Plump Jack was performed in 1989, my first piano teacher sent me something that I'd composed when I was four. I remember I played it, and it still sounded like me. I'm the same composer I was then.
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Nationality: American Type: Businessman Born: December 20, 1934 |
I say this as a Democrat, for whom the Republican domination of government threatens many values that I hold to be important to America's role as a light among nations. But there are no values that matter to me that will not be gravely endangered if we lose this war.
I only ever really take out my guitar when I'm miserable, which isn't necessarily a very good time to do it.