In a way, composing on the melodic level is an expression of a melodic truth, almost like a geometric truth. If it has clarity, other people will recognize it. There's no way of isolating it in a gallery on a… — Eyvind Kang Copy Share Image
Even if you're a genius and you invent your own language, it doesn't become a language until there are people using it. — Eyvind Kang Copy Share Image
There is some music that's truly dark, in that it's dark in terms of hopeless. But then again, the act of hope is just… — Eyvind Kang Copy Share Image
Listening is active. It's like vision. It's like the idea of the eye projecting light, which I've heard is what children and infants say… — Eyvind Kang Copy Share Image
I love the pleasure of finding the same truth in two different places. It has a lot to do with a soul. — Eyvind Kang Copy Share Image
There is no guiding principle, because the work that is created in collaborations should be created from its own principles. — Eyvind Kang Copy Share Image
The most appealing part is the feeling of learning something true - the pleasure of a truth. For me, that's mostly found in philosophical… — Eyvind Kang Copy Share Image
I don't like to treat words and sounds like objects. You have to penetrate deeply into their meaning. — Eyvind Kang Copy Share Image
I believe that music should be grown on trees, to be plucked like a fruit without the extravagance of harvest. — Eyvind Kang Copy Share Image
Water is the most purifying element. It's always involved in baptisms, healings, that kind of work. — Eyvind Kang Copy Share Image
Our individual consciousness is actually part of a larger system. There are many levels of consciousness, and the creativity used in composing the music… — Eyvind Kang Copy Share Image
When you sit with people and you can hear what they're hearing, that's quite interesting. — Eyvind Kang Copy Share Image
I think the question of actually relating emotion to music is totally interesting. I believe that it is really important on some level, but… — Eyvind Kang Copy Share Image
What happens in our consciousness and minds and bodies is also happening on earth. The more we pollute the earth, for example, the sicker… — Eyvind Kang Copy Share Image
