english: 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.
non_english: Mislio sam da će mi poskakivanje pomoći sa nervozom, ali u stvari imam  paradoksalnu reakciju na to, pa je to bila loša ideja. (Smeh) Kako god, zaista mi je bilo drago da primim pozivnicu da predstavim deo svoje muzike i svog rada kao kompozitora, verovatno  zato što to odgovara mom dobro poznatom  i obilnom narcisizmu. (Smeh) Ne šalim se; samo mislim da bi  trebalo to da kažemo i krenemo napred. (Smeh) Stvar je u tome da se brzo javila dilema, a to je da mi je muzika stvarno dosadila i da mi je stvarno dosadila  uloga kompozitora, pa sam odlučio da stavim tu ideju  - dosadu - u središte moje današnje prezentacije.