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But nevertheless, it's music ultimately that matters in opera, and opera is a piece of music reaching out as a vision in sound reaching out to... →
I think a lot of composers get into trouble just making up a plot and expecting an audience to follow that.
The way that I got involved with microtonal music was, frankly, through jazz.
We need it to capture the energy of contemporary life.
We need to have as broad a range as possible, because life itself has that kind of range.
We need to open up the future. We also need to keep everything valuable from the past.
I think one of the greatest enemies in the use of technology, however, is the idea that if you use the technology you have to throw other things out... →
Nevertheless, one doesn't have time to think, oh, well, this is a quarter tone sharp, or flat.
I really write for people.
I think I was first to do live performances on a modern electronic sound synthesizer.
I want the audience to be so involved in the sweep of the music.
I've just simply used what I've used because of the great, great expressive potential of it.
It's not important to me to found a school; it's not important to me to have disciples.