I thought if I skipped it might help my nerves, but I'm actually having a paradoxical reaction to that, so that was a bad idea. (Laughter) Anyway, I was really delighted to receive the invitation to present to you some of my music and some of my work as a composer, presumably because it appeals to my well-known and abundant narcissism. (Laughter) And I'm not kidding, I just think we should just say that and move forward. (Laughter) So, but the thing is, a dilemma quickly arose, and that is that I'm really bored with music, and I'm really bored with the role of the composer, and so I decided to put that idea, boredom, as the focus of my presentation to you today.
Mislio sam da bi pomoglo mojim živcima kada bih to preskočio, ali zapravo imam paradoksalnu reakciju na to, tako da je to bila loša ideja. ( Smijeh) Bio sam oduševljen kad sam primio poziv da predstavim nešto od moje glazbe i neke moje skladateljske radove, vjerojatno zato jer to pristaje mom dobro znanom i obilnom narcisizmu. (Smijeh) I ne šalim se, samo mislim da bih to trebao reći, pa možemo krenuti dalje. ( Smijeh) Ali stvar je u tome da je uskoro nastala dilema . Dosadila mi je glazba i dosadila mi je uloga skladatelja i tako sam odlučio postaviti tu ideju, dosadu, kao središte moje današnje prezentacije.