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> [I know that my music is heard a lot in commercial circles. In academia, I think my music is taken in differently but I'm not sure why that is. Some kind of sixth sense tells me that people in that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-higdon/i-know-that-my-music-is-heard-a-lot-in-commercial-circles-in-academia/)

[Jennifer Higdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-higdon/)

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## More by Jennifer Higdon

> [We're living in a time when pretty much anything can happen in the music world. There are a lot of musical languages in which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-higdon/we-re-living-in-a-time-when-pretty-much-anything-can-happen-in-the/)

[Jennifer Higdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-higdon/)

> [I know that my music is heard a lot in commercial circles. In academia, I think my music is taken in differently but I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-higdon/i-know-that-my-music-is-heard-a-lot-in-commercial-circles-in-academia/)

[Jennifer Higdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-higdon/)

> [You don't need any specialized education and you don't need to know anything about the world in which I work. I think my music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-higdon/you-don-t-need-any-specialized-education-and-you-don-t-need-to-know/)

[Jennifer Higdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-higdon/)

> [I always tell people that my music should speak to them... and that they shouldn't feel obligated to say why or how. All reactions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-higdon/i-always-tell-people-that-my-music-should-speak-to-them-and-that-they/)

[Jennifer Higdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-higdon/)

> [My pieces usually are programmed on concerts in which the other works are standard repertoire. My music always sounds very different when it's on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-higdon/my-pieces-usually-are-programmed-on-concerts-in-which-the-other-works/)

[Jennifer Higdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-higdon/)

> [As a consequence, I think of the idea of 'common practice' at any time as something that can only be seen by looking backwards.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-higdon/as-a-consequence-i-think-of-the-idea-of-common-practice-at-any-time/)

[Jennifer Higdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-higdon/)

> [In fact, if you take any group of scores, it's likely that fifty to sixty percent are going to be so much alike that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-higdon/in-fact-if-you-take-any-group-of-scores-it-s-likely-that-fifty-to/)

[Jennifer Higdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-higdon/)

> [When we even use the term 'specialized world,' we already have a problem! We're making art; they are making art... these worlds are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-higdon/when-we-even-use-the-term-specialized-world-we-already-have-a-problem/)

[Jennifer Higdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-higdon/)

> [When anyone is creating anything, it has no choice but to be in that stream. The art I create and the art my colleagues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-higdon/when-anyone-is-creating-anything-it-has-no-choice-but-to-be-in-that/)

[Jennifer Higdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-higdon/)

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