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> [When I had my first experiences of choral singing, the dissonance of those close harmonies was so exquisite that I would giggle or I would tear up, and I felt it in a physical way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-whitacre/when-i-had-my-first-experiences-of-choral-singing-the-dissonance-of/)

[Eric Whitacre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-whitacre/)

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## More by Eric Whitacre

> [The terror of performing never goes away. Instead, you get very, very comfortable being terrified.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-whitacre/the-terror-of-performing-never-goes-away-instead-you-get-very-very/)

[Eric Whitacre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-whitacre/)

> [Write the music your inside-you needs your outside-you to hear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-whitacre/write-the-music-your-inside-you-needs-your-outside-you-to-hear/)

[Eric Whitacre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-whitacre/)

> [ I think \[the virtual choir\] speaks well to a benevolent future for the Internet. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-whitacre/i-think-the-virtual-choir-speaks-well-to-a-benevolent-future-for-the/)

[Eric Whitacre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-whitacre/)

> [I write music that sounds complex but isn't. I frankly never think in terms of theory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-whitacre/i-write-music-that-sounds-complex-but-isn-t-i-frankly-never-think-in/)

[Eric Whitacre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-whitacre/)

> [I'm not an atheist, but I'm not a Christian, either.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-whitacre/i-m-not-an-atheist-but-i-m-not-a-christian-either/)

[Eric Whitacre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-whitacre/)

> [I can't write music unless I'm deeply connected to it and that connection almost always comes from some experience that I have had or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-whitacre/i-can-t-write-music-unless-i-m-deeply-connected-to-it-and-that/)

[Eric Whitacre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-whitacre/)

> [I truly thought I was going to be in pop music. And then I joined a choir to meet girls, and everything changed in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-whitacre/i-truly-thought-i-was-going-to-be-in-pop-music-and-then-i-joined-a/)

[Eric Whitacre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-whitacre/)

> [To have a live choir there on the stage and then these singers from different countries signing with us in real time through Skype,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-whitacre/to-have-a-live-choir-there-on-the-stage-and-then-these-singers-from/)

[Eric Whitacre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-whitacre/)

> [People in chorus tends to be much more emotional or at least wear their hearts on their sleeve. They are generally the kind to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-whitacre/people-in-chorus-tends-to-be-much-more-emotional-or-at-least-wear/)

[Eric Whitacre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-whitacre/)

> [When you look back on music history, it falls into these neat periods, but of course, the period you yourself are living through seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-whitacre/when-you-look-back-on-music-history-it-falls-into-these-neat-periods/)

[Eric Whitacre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-whitacre/)

> [There must be four or five hundred choirs here in London alone. In a way, there's nowhere else on Earth I could go and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-whitacre/there-must-be-four-or-five-hundred-choirs-here-in-london-alone-in-a/)

[Eric Whitacre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-whitacre/)

> [For me, the virtual choir has taught me that, if anything, the Internet builds these post-national tribes, people finding each other anyway they can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-whitacre/for-me-the-virtual-choir-has-taught-me-that-if-anything-the-internet/)

[Eric Whitacre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-whitacre/)

> [The virtual choir would never replace live music or a real choir, but the same sort of focus and intent and esprit de corps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-whitacre/the-virtual-choir-would-never-replace-live-music-or-a-real-choir-but/)

[Eric Whitacre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-whitacre/)

> [I'm a self-confessed geek, and my whole concept of music at first was entirely electronic. In many ways, it turned out to be an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-whitacre/i-m-a-self-confessed-geek-and-my-whole-concept-of-music-at-first-was/)

[Eric Whitacre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-whitacre/)

> [Since I first fell in love with choral music when I was 18 and began composing at 21, I've been listening to these recordings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-whitacre/since-i-first-fell-in-love-with-choral-music-when-i-was-18-and-began/)

[Eric Whitacre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-whitacre/)

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