1432 quotes by composers for you to enjoy

In music, what is very important is temporality of space and length, based on the breathing space the director gives the music within the film, by separating the music from various elements of reality, like noises, dialogues... That's how you treat music properly, but it doesn't always happen this way. Music is often blamed, but it's not its fault. Ennio Morricone

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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I don't have any bad habbits. They might be bad habits for other people, but they're all right for me. Eubie Blake

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People love the electric rake. You just hit it or whatever you want to do. You can't play 'Swanee River' on it. You have to just make terrible noise. Occasionally, it will make a sound like a note. Eugene Chadbourne

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I want to be taken seriously as the type of musician that plays stuff like an electric rake. I mean, how seriously do you take someone like Spike Jones? They take him pretty seriously - a really good musician who made a great contribution in terms of humor, which is part of what I try to do too. Eugene Chadbourne

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