14 Eric Whitacre Quotes for You to Enjoy

Eric Whitacre

American Composer

Born: Jan 2, 1970

First Me Music People Singing Write

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People in chorus tends to be much more emotional or at least wear their hearts on their sleeve. They are generally the kind to hold hands and cry. It's just a different personality type. Eric Whitacre

People Personality Sleeve Type Kind Wear More Emotional Tends Generally Cry Least Hearts Hands Just Different Hold Much Chorus

The virtual choir would never replace live music or a real choir, but the same sort of focus and intent and esprit de corps is evident in both, and at the end of the day it seems to me a genuine artistic expression. Eric Whitacre

Music Day Me End Of The Day Focus Live Virtual Corps Evident Would Seems Both Never Sort Genuine Real End Replace Same Artistic Intent Artistic Expression Choir Live Music Expression

Many composers use software to write music - programs like Finale or Sibelius. There are also recording programs. I should say I'm still very old-fashioned, I still use pencil and paper. But almost every composer I know does it the 'new way.' Eric Whitacre

Music Recording Every Programs Software Finale Way Paper Say Pencil Composer Composers Write Almost New Like Know Also Does Still Very New Way Should Use Old-Fashioned Many

I write music that sounds complex but isn't. I frankly never think in terms of theory. Eric Whitacre

Music Think Complex Frankly Write Never Terms Sounds Theory

For the first six or eight months at Juilliard I felt paralysed. I didn't know what I was doing. Eric Whitacre

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I happen to be one of the people who believe that the Internet is a force of good, and I'm very optimistic about it. Eric Whitacre

Good People Internet Believe About Force Very Optimistic Happen Who

There must be four or five hundred choirs here in London alone. In a way, there's nowhere else on Earth I could go and get this level and passion for singing in the one place. Eric Whitacre

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I don't feel like I'm an artist with a capital 'A.' Eric Whitacre

Feel Like Artist Capital

I'm a self-confessed geek, and my whole concept of music at first was entirely electronic. In many ways, it turned out to be an advantage. I was so green, so utterly naive about the nature of classical music, that I did things that made me look totally, deliberately unorthodox. Eric Whitacre

Music Nature Me Made First Ways Out Unorthodox Geek Classical Totally About Classical Music Entirely Deliberately Advantage Naive Look Concept Green Did Turned Electronic Many Whole Things Utterly

In Las Vegas, the magnitude is impressive, but the humanity is gone. It feels like you're being intimidated out of your money instead of inviting you to come have this experience. Eric Whitacre

You Experience Humanity Money Gone Intimidated Out Magnitude Vegas Instead Feels Inviting Come Like Impressive Being Your Las Vegas

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