I think my music is generally very melody-driven. Sometimes I feel that the melody is leading me by the nose. Some days I can control what it's going to do. But some other days, it wants to go in a different direction. And I go with it.
People are very curious about it.
It's fairly unusual for a woman to get a Pulitzer in music. The Pulitzer Music prizes were initiated in 1943, and there have only been, I believe, three women. Well, I think generally, we're still somewhat outnumbered. I think that comes from the tradition of the 19th century and before, that women didn't go into music professionally. There are a few of them, of course, who did.