Fourteen Questions, Answered Off the Cuff

I had fifteen minutes to check email before waking, dressing, feeding, brushing, hugging, and sending the children off, to school. I poured a cup of coffee and fired up a browser. One email caught my eye: a young singer from Juilliard had been tasked with asking a living composer "fourteen questions." He had chosen me. I was a little grumpy, and pressed for time. The result was that I had about 90 seconds to answer each question. Because my answers were more "off the cuff" than usual, they were ...