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> [It seems like we are moving towards something, some kind of point and it is probably going to be an important point in our development or dissolution. That is what everybody seems to be thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-riley/it-seems-like-we-are-moving-towards-something-some-kind-of-point-and/)

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

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## 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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