正如呼吸或饮食是生存所必需的机能那样,写作音乐作品是我的生活中不可分割的一部分。我时常期望写作是发自内心要求,以象语言表达我的思想那样,通过音乐表露我的感情。我认为,这就是在每个作曲家的生涯中音乐所应为之服务的宗旨;音乐所能完成的一切其他功能则完全是无关紧要的。我对按照偏执的公式或理论从事创作的作曲家们不抱好感。对那些因赶时髦而用一定的风格来写作的人我也不表赞同。伟大的音乐作品从来不是这样写成的,而且,我认为,也永远不可能这样写成。归根到底,音乐应当把作曲家整个的个性表现出来。音乐作品不应依照人为的、指定的标准进行创作,遗憾的是,在近约二十年间,这种趋势却越来越占上风。作曲家的创作应当表现祖国的精神,他的爱情, Just as breathing or eating is a necessary function of survival, writing music is an integral part of my life. I often expect that writing should come from my heart asking me to show my feelings through music, just as my own words express my thoughts. In my opinion, this is what the music should serve for every composer’s life. Everything else that music can accomplish is totally irrelevant. I do not like the composers who work on paranoid formulas or theories. I also disagree with those who write in a certain style for fashion. Great musical compositions have never been written in this way, and I think it will never be written like this. In the final analysis, music should show the entire individuality of the composer. Musical compositions should not be created according to artificial, specified criteria, but regrettably, this trend is gaining the upper hand over the last two decades or so. Composers should show the spirit of the motherland, his love,