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> [It is important that we are coming up on the millennium because what I am experiencing, just being one person out of billions, is the feeling of acceleration. I experience this through my contact with other people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-riley/it-is-important-that-we-are-coming-up-on-the-millennium-because-what/)

[Terry Riley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-riley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e6/terry-riley-27340_acceleration_it-is-important-that-we-are-coming-up-on_1402422.jpg)

> [Acceleration is finite, I think, according to some laws of physics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-riley/acceleration-is-finite-i-think-according-to-some-laws-of-physics/)

[Terry Riley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-riley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d12/terry-riley-27340_acceleration_acceleration-is-finite-i-think-according_1565970.jpg)

## More by Terry Riley

> [We are either going to dissolve as a human race or we are going to break through into a new understanding of what it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-riley/we-are-either-going-to-dissolve-as-a-human-race-or-we-are-going-to/)

[Terry Riley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-riley/)

> [The great thing about string quartets is the players are kind of like family. They work really well as a unit, so you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-riley/the-great-thing-about-string-quartets-is-the-players-are-kind-of-like/)

[Terry Riley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-riley/)

> [Out of doing all that experimentation with sound I decided I wanted to do it with live musicians. To take repetition, take music fragments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-riley/out-of-doing-all-that-experimentation-with-sound-i-decided-i-wanted/)

[Terry Riley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-riley/)

> [Essentially my contribution was to introduce repetition into Western music as the main ingredient without any melody over it, without anything just repeated patterns,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-riley/essentially-my-contribution-was-to-introduce-repetition-into-western/)

[Terry Riley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-riley/)

> [I was using tape loops for dancers and dance production. I had very funky primitive equipment, in fact technology wasn't very good no matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-riley/i-was-using-tape-loops-for-dancers-and-dance-production-i-had-very/)

[Terry Riley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-riley/)

> [I had been interested in Indian music and I actually started studying Tableaus before I met him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-riley/i-had-been-interested-in-indian-music-and-i-actually-started-studying/)

[Terry Riley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-riley/)

> [It's not what happens to you in life that matters; what matters is how you deal with it!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-riley/it-s-not-what-happens-to-you-in-life-that-matters-what-matters-is-how/)

[Terry Riley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-riley/)

> [I really didn't have a plan, I just went in and started playing. one of my specialties was to be able to play for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-riley/i-really-didn-t-have-a-plan-i-just-went-in-and-started-playing-one-of/)

[Terry Riley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-riley/)

> [It is important that we are coming up on the millennium because what I am experiencing, just being one person out of billions, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-riley/it-is-important-that-we-are-coming-up-on-the-millennium-because-what/)

[Terry Riley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-riley/)

> [Acceleration is finite, I think, according to some laws of physics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-riley/acceleration-is-finite-i-think-according-to-some-laws-of-physics/)

[Terry Riley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-riley/)

> [Throughout the evening I would be recording these long saxophone delays and about four hours into the concert, if I wanted to take a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-riley/throughout-the-evening-i-would-be-recording-these-long-saxophone/)

[Terry Riley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-riley/)

> [I had already done Rainbow in Curved Air and had a big record on CBS. I was launched to have a long career and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-riley/i-had-already-done-rainbow-in-curved-air-and-had-a-big-record-on-cbs/)

[Terry Riley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-riley/)

> [I had always been more interested in playing and improvising than sitting down at a desk and writing out a piece. I'd always found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-riley/i-had-always-been-more-interested-in-playing-and-improvising-than/)

[Terry Riley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-riley/)

> [The incredible thing about the human mind is that is didn't come with an instruction book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-riley/the-incredible-thing-about-the-human-mind-is-that-is-didn-t-come-with/)

[Terry Riley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-riley/)

> [Music can also be a sensual pleasure, like eating food or sex. But its highest vibration for me is that point of taking us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-riley/music-can-also-be-a-sensual-pleasure-like-eating-food-or-sex-but-its/)

[Terry Riley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-riley/)

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