I would not say that I was, these days, a 'student' of philosophy, although in my youth I was quite deeply involved with certain aspects of the British pragmatists.

This was possible only by dint of extended periods of frequently quite painful reflection and digestion.

What makes a specific quality or quantity of innovation retain its intense newness over the years?

In my model, important interference phenomena arise when individual strata come into contact. These chaotic fluctuations are, I suppose, what my music is really 'about.'