In general, I believe I work a lot harder today than I did then. Today I’m a five-o’clock-in-the-morning riser. Although I do stare at the wall a lot.
“I don’t think there are going to be that many composers in the future. I think that in today’s world, if a person decides to be a composer, that person should probably seek medical help, because there’s no way for you to earn a living. You can’t. You have to have another job. You can’t just write music.”
Frank Zappa