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 advantage. I was so green, so utterly naive about the nature of classical music, that I… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
In Las Vegas, the magnitude is impressive, but the humanity is gone. It feels like you're being intimidated out of your money instead of inviting you to come have this experience. — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
The terror of performing never goes away. Instead, you get very, very comfortable being terrified. — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
I think [the virtual choir] speaks well to a benevolent future for the Internet. — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
I write music that sounds complex but isn't. I frankly never think in terms of theory. — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
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… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
I truly thought I was going to be in pop music. And then I joined a choir to meet girls, and everything changed in… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
To have a live choir there on the stage and then these singers from different countries signing with us in real time through Skype,… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
People in chorus tends to be much more emotional or at least wear their hearts on their sleeve. They are generally the kind to… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
When you look back on music history, it falls into these neat periods, but of course, the period you yourself are living through seems… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
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… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
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. — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image