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 is they ought to be doing to keep the energy up. Because if your energy is… — 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
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
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
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
As a matter of fact, I personally would much rather hear Perotin than Mozart. — Steve Reich Copy Share
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I discovered that the most interesting music of all was made by simply lining the loops in unison, and letting them slowly shift out… — Steve Reich Copy Share
