What are you reading at the moment?  

Bach prelude XX (A minor) and fugue XXIII (B major) from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier book II, and always dipping in and out of 100 Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)

Do you like garlic or not?

like

Beatles or Stones?  

geez!  I guess Beatles because of their influence, without them you erase so much music that followed…much less so without the Stones even if they are titans.

If you had one day to live what would you do?  

Control_S!!  and then find my loved ones and tell them.  Bach, Joplin on the piano, frisbee at the beach in 3 feet of water, play cards

It is 2097 and your piece is played to an audience of 14 robots, 35 people, and 76 animals of varying sorts, how will they all react and what do you want them to feel?  

??  however they react and whatever they feel is up to them.

If you could invent a new instrument what would it look like and how would it sound?

everytime I get thinking I land on something like the accordion…only less nasal

In an ideal world when and how should people listen to your music?

with a good sound system and a good view and a good chair and some knitting

Your favourite place to compose: a cave, an attic, a café, on the train, or are you inspired everywhere?

any old place, at a piano usually but trains, planes and buses are good too

Do you sleep on your back, front, or side?

ideally side, pillow between legs and another on my head 

What is your biggest dream and what is your biggest fear?

shark attack, leave something of worth and know the truth about everything…(sorry fear and then dream)

What bores you?

nothing

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