All great music is contemporary. If it's still alive and kicking, then it's contemporary. If it fades away, it was a period piece. It had its moment, and that was it. — Steve Reich Copy Share Image
Up to the age of 14 I had not heard a note of anything before 1750, never heard a note of Bach, never heard… — Steve Reich Copy Share Image
In the pop world, instead of saying I want to get an album by such and such a group, it's I like this particular… — Steve Reich Copy Share Image
What I don't want to do is to go and buy a bunch of exotic-looking drums and set up an Afrikanische Musik in New… — Steve Reich Copy Share Image
It's very important for any artist, in any field, to take their own temperature and check out their own energy, and see what it… — Steve Reich Copy Share Image
As a matter of fact, I personally would much rather hear Perotin than Mozart. — Steve Reich Copy Share Image
I'm not making any absurd comparisons between myself and Bach, but I aspire to that, that my music will have the legs to survive… — Steve Reich Copy Share Image
I write music, and I want people to listen to it and care about it and have it make some difference in their lives.… — Steve Reich Copy Share Image
I don't care how much people understand what it is that I'm doing, except if they're players in my ensemble or other ensembles. I… — Steve Reich Copy Share Image
I've learned over the years that geography is not that important, except that I seem to work better in the country than the city.… — Steve Reich Copy Share Image
All great music is contemporary. If it's still alive and kicking, then it's contemporary. If it fades away, it was a period piece. It… — Steve Reich Copy Share Image
All music does come from a time and place. I was born and raised in New York. I moved out of New York, but… — Steve Reich Copy Share Image
In serial music, the series itself is seldom audible... What I'm interested in is a compositional process and a sounding music that are one… — Steve Reich Copy Share Image
