“Re my studio…it is my own personal place. No one else works in it. I spend from 10-12 hours in it daily, approximately 9 months out of the year. It is fairly well equipped. Several multi-channel tape recorders (including 2 new Ampex AG 440 machines), a Moog Synthesizer, oscillators, modulators, electronic organ and electronic clavichord, two pianos, a harpsichord and variable speed and reverberation devices are only a part of the list of machines that I have gathered. The studio is housed in a building in Los Angeles, which I have purchased especially to house same.

Re my other affairs…I do make my living as a producer of educational records, which we distribute to schools in the U.S. This gives me the most uninterrupted time for myself as composer. In the past, I have been involved with teaching (UCLA), television, motion pictures, radio…all of which were corrosive to my composing time. 

Personally…composing with electricity is very wearing. For relief, I swim a half mile daily. On weekends, I go to the nearby desert and ocean to get as close to nature as possible. In between compositions, I take longer trips…always camping if possible. I have camped in Europe, Hawaii, Mexico, Alaska, Canada and Western United States.

I also like bicycles and my fast Jaguar.”

Ruth White, liner notes to 7 Trumps from the Tarot Cards / Pinions (1968)