I write music that sounds complex but isn't. I frankly never think in terms of theory. — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
I happen to be one of the people who believe that the Internet is a force of good, and I'm very optimistic… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
Nerves, stress and the pressure to perform are a part of life. You don't have to conquer these feelings; just learn to… — Eric Whitacre Art of life Copy Share Image
I think [the virtual choir] speaks well to a benevolent future for the Internet. — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
When I think of people I am close to, I genuinely feel that I can include Josh Lyman, Toby Ziegler, C.J. Cregg… — Eric Whitacre Community Copy Share Image
The terror of performing never goes away. Instead, you get very, very comfortable being terrified. — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
As a composer, I know that all sorts of sounds I hear are making their way into my brain and soul and… — Eric Whitacre Brain Copy Share Image
I truly thought I was going to be in pop music. And then I joined a choir to meet girls, and everything… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
When you look back on music history, it falls into these neat periods, but of course, the period you yourself are living… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
There must be four or five hundred choirs here in London alone. In a way, there's nowhere else on Earth I could… — Eric Whitacre Alone Copy Share Image
Since I first fell in love with choral music when I was 18 and began composing at 21, I've been listening to… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
For me, the virtual choir has taught me that, if anything, the Internet builds these post-national tribes, people finding each other anyway… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
I don't know if it is a spiritual, physiological or psychological phenomenon, but I believe now more than ever that singing is… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
People in chorus tends to be much more emotional or at least wear their hearts on their sleeve. They are generally the… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
The virtual choir would never replace live music or a real choir, but the same sort of focus and intent and esprit… — Eric Whitacre Artistic Copy Share Image
When I went to college at the University of Nevada back in Las Vegas, I got tricked into singing in choir. The… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
I'm not a culture snob. So while, of course, I think the Mozart 'Requiem' or, say, Beethoven's 'Ninth' are some of the… — Eric Whitacre Art Copy Share Image
With vocal and choral music, first and foremost, it's the text. Not only do I need to serve the text, but the… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
For the first six or eight months at Juilliard I felt paralysed. I didn't know what I was doing. — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
I can't write music unless I'm deeply connected to it and that connection almost always comes from some experience that I have… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say that I'm actually trying to cause chills in the audience, but certainly my goal is to, at the very… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
I'm a self-confessed geek, and my whole concept of music at first was entirely electronic. In many ways, it turned out to… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
In Las Vegas, the magnitude is impressive, but the humanity is gone. It feels like you're being intimidated out of your money… — Eric Whitacre Being Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a rock star. I dreamed of it, and that's all I dreamed of. To be more accurate, I… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
Many composers use software to write music - programs like Finale or Sibelius. There are also recording programs. I should say I'm… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
To have a live choir there on the stage and then these singers from different countries signing with us in real time… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
When I had my first experiences of choral singing, the dissonance of those close harmonies was so exquisite that I would giggle… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
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