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John Eaton Quotes
But nevertheless, its music ultimately that matters in opera, and opera is a piece of music reaching out as a vision in sound reaching out to the world. - John Eaton Quotes
However, yes, especially as one gets older, you know, you really hope that your music will become more generally available, even though some of the performances might be riddled with faults. - John Eaton Quotes
I mean, the 7th, the flat 7th which approaches the 7th harmonic, very often comes off sounding like the cry of a frightened child. - John Eaton Quotes
I really write for people. - John Eaton Quotes
I think I was first to do live performances on a modern electronic sound synthesizer. - John Eaton Quotes
I think a lot of composers get into trouble just making up a plot and expecting an audience to follow that. - John Eaton Quotes
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 of the window. - John Eaton Quotes
I think the composer and production staff of an opera have a real responsibility to use visual elements of all kinds to make clear to the American audience, at any rate, exactly what is going on. - John Eaton Quotes
I wait until something is really in the shape that I want to make it as a permanent record, because I think of recording as a permanent record. - John Eaton Quotes
I want the audience to be so involved in the sweep of the music. - John Eaton Quotes
Im thinking in terms of a point of departure, a field of action for performers to express an expressive need of mine which hopefully the context of music would convey. - John Eaton Quotes
Ive just simply used what Ive used because of the great, great expressive potential of it. - John Eaton Quotes
If you look at the timing of many of the Greek dramas from the theatrical point of view, its all off, and I think the reason for that is that music played a very important part. - John Eaton Quotes
In other words, I think that if an audience listens to something as an experience of how in tune it is or something of that kind, that the whole point is somehow being missed, and the music has failed. - John Eaton Quotes
Its not important to me to found a school; its not important to me to have disciples. - John Eaton Quotes
Nevertheless, one doesnt have time to think, oh, well, this is a quarter tone sharp, or flat. - John Eaton Quotes
Not that one shouldnt use all of those technical advantage, but the essence of whats being communicated shouldnt be technology. - John Eaton Quotes
Of course, in opera, you involve the audience so much with action and with whats happening on stage, that the music is the center of that action. - John Eaton Quotes
So, to me, its a question of not being afraid to embrace the tradition but also not being afraid to dive into boiling oil on occasion. - John Eaton Quotes
The way that I got involved with microtonal music was, frankly, through jazz. - John Eaton Quotes
We need it to capture the energy of contemporary life. - John Eaton Quotes
We need to have as broad a range as possible, because life itself has that kind of range. - John Eaton Quotes
We need to open up the future. We also need to keep everything valuable from the past. - John Eaton Quotes
Well, I cant agree with you more, and I really wish every piece of mine were recorded, and I wish I had spent more time trying to pursue that. - John Eaton Quotes
Well, let me, first of all, say, that as a microtonal composer, Ive never been much of a theorist. - John Eaton Quotes
Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as we know it. - John Eaton Quotes
Well, the very best operas are the ones written by the very best composers. - John Eaton Quotes
Whats important for me is to communicate the vision that I have in sound with the audience thats hearing it. - John Eaton Quotes
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