--- title: "15 Pieces Quotes By Paul Lansky" description: "15 Pieces quotes by Paul Lansky. Plus more from Paul Lansky and more Pieces sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecd/paul-lansky-21043_facts_i-never-thought-that-i-would-write-orche_750434.jpg" --- > [I never thought that I would write orchestra music, but in fact I did write a group of orchestra pieces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/i-never-thought-that-i-would-write-orchestra-music-but-in-fact-i-did/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecd/paul-lansky-21043_facts_i-never-thought-that-i-would-write-orche_750434.jpg) > [I think of myself as experimenting with different ways of structuring pieces. A lot of it has to do with the computer,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/i-think-of-myself-as-experimenting-with-different-ways-of-structuring/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/paul-lansky-21043_computer_i-think-of-myself-as-experimenting-with_57529.jpg) > [I didn't want my music to be seen as examples of an electronic culture; I just wanted them to be thought of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/i-didn-t-want-my-music-to-be-seen-as-examples-of-an-electronic/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e0/paul-lansky-21043_culture_i-didn-t-want-my-music-to-be-seen-as-exa_3063191.jpg) > [It's always a thrill for me to see new versions of my pieces on YouTube.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/it-s-always-a-thrill-for-me-to-see-new-versions-of-my-pieces-on/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/367/paul-lansky-21043_adventure_it-s-always-a-thrill-for-me-to-see-new-v_1038885.jpg) > [I wrote a lot of software to do various kinds of special things, and I loved the idea of composing pieces in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/i-wrote-a-lot-of-software-to-do-various-kinds-of-special-things-and-i/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/461/paul-lansky-21043_composing_i-wrote-a-lot-of-software-to-do-various_1691552.jpg) > [I found myself recycling ideas and I saw that I had to invent reasons to compose a piece rather than start from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/i-found-myself-recycling-ideas-and-i-saw-that-i-had-to-invent-reasons/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c60/paul-lansky-21043_exciting_i-found-myself-recycling-ideas-and-i-saw_1836455.jpg) > [I came up in the '60s; that was a time when there was a revolution going on in music. Stravinsky had become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/i-came-up-in-the-60s-that-was-a-time-when-there-was-a-revolution/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/paul-lansky-21043_composer_i-came-up-in-the-60s-that-was-a-time-whe_1806058.jpg) > [Very often, when you're listening to a piece for the first time, you're listening through a model of other pieces that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/very-often-when-you-re-listening-to-a-piece-for-the-first-time-you-re/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b63/paul-lansky-21043_certain_very-often-when-you-re-listening-to-a-pi_316524.jpg) > [It's very interesting for me to listen to music with my wife. She's not a musician but she very often makes comments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/it-s-very-interesting-for-me-to-listen-to-music-with-my-wife-she-s/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/paul-lansky-21043_comment_it-s-very-interesting-for-me-to-listen-t_1471988.jpg) > [Even today, I notice that some of my pieces are explicitly tonal; there are actually tonics and dominants. And then there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/even-today-i-notice-that-some-of-my-pieces-are-explicitly-tonal-there/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/paul-lansky-21043_dichotomy_even-today-i-notice-that-some-of-my-piec_984784.jpg) > [With a piece of classical music by Haydn, Mozart, or Beethoven, on first listening I'm referencing it with other pieces by them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/with-a-piece-of-classical-music-by-haydn-mozart-or-beethoven-on-first/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac6/paul-lansky-21043_classical-music_with-a-piece-of-classical-music-by-haydn_1115015.jpg) > [There are, however, composers whose music can only be heard in a chromatic sense. George Perle, for example, wrote pieces that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/there-are-however-composers-whose-music-can-only-be-heard-in-a/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc0/paul-lansky-21043_composer_there-are-however-composers-whose-music_2466808.jpg) > [I can't say that there's a common practice that has to do with pitch language or with the way pieces are put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/i-can-t-say-that-there-s-a-common-practice-that-has-to-do-with-pitch/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4b/paul-lansky-21043_attention_i-can-t-say-that-there-s-a-common-practi_1572634.jpg) > [I came to what I think of as the critical problem: the aging process of a piece of music. I noticed in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/i-came-to-what-i-think-of-as-the-critical-problem-the-aging-process/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a25/paul-lansky-21043_aging_i-came-to-what-i-think-of-as-the-critica_1879397.jpg) > [With repeated listenings, a piece eventually becomes its own being. I very often say to students that this is like meeting a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/with-repeated-listenings-a-piece-eventually-becomes-its-own-being-i/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f2/paul-lansky-21043_communication_with-repeated-listenings-a-piece-eventua_728244.jpg) ## Other authors on Pieces ## More by Paul Lansky > [I think of myself as experimenting with different ways of structuring pieces. A lot of it has to do with the computer, of course.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/i-think-of-myself-as-experimenting-with-different-ways-of-structuring/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) > [I was hired for a really excellent academic job early in my life; I was twenty-five when I started at Princeton and I got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/i-was-hired-for-a-really-excellent-academic-job-early-in-my-life-i/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) > [Very often, when you're listening to a piece for the first time, you're listening through a model of other pieces that you know. At…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/very-often-when-you-re-listening-to-a-piece-for-the-first-time-you-re/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) > [I was very fortunate to be at a wealthy institution. I do recognize the drawbacks and limitations of the academic world but it's basically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/i-was-very-fortunate-to-be-at-a-wealthy-institution-i-do-recognize/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) > [With repeated listenings, a piece eventually becomes its own being. I very often say to students that this is like meeting a person for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/with-repeated-listenings-a-piece-eventually-becomes-its-own-being-i/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) > [I've been really fortunate to have Bridge Records interested in publishing my music for the past 25 years. Most of my music is available…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/i-ve-been-really-fortunate-to-have-bridge-records-interested-in/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) > [I never thought that I would write orchestra music, but in fact I did write a group of orchestra pieces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/i-never-thought-that-i-would-write-orchestra-music-but-in-fact-i-did/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) > [If the music has a logic of its own - as I think my music has - an open-minded listener will apprehend and understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/if-the-music-has-a-logic-of-its-own-as-i-think-my-music-has-an-open/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) > [Even today, I notice that some of my pieces are explicitly tonal; there are actually tonics and dominants. And then there are pieces that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/even-today-i-notice-that-some-of-my-pieces-are-explicitly-tonal-there/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) > [It's always a thrill for me to see new versions of my pieces on YouTube.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/it-s-always-a-thrill-for-me-to-see-new-versions-of-my-pieces-on/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) > [My perspective on the academic world is very favorable. I did certain kinds of things that I could never have done otherwise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/my-perspective-on-the-academic-world-is-very-favorable-i-did-certain/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) > [With a piece of classical music by Haydn, Mozart, or Beethoven, on first listening I'm referencing it with other pieces by them that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/with-a-piece-of-classical-music-by-haydn-mozart-or-beethoven-on-first/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) > [I think you'll find a significant number of people who decide not to enter competitions because their music just won't fit in that world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/i-think-you-ll-find-a-significant-number-of-people-who-decide-not-to/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) > [I noticed things in my computer music that were getting old, and I started to figure out that this has to do with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/i-noticed-things-in-my-computer-music-that-were-getting-old-and-i/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) > [I don't think there's something that you have to 'get' with my music. It tends toward the dramatic side rather than the narrative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/i-don-t-think-there-s-something-that-you-have-to-get-with-my-music-it/) [Paul Lansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lansky/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pieces/paul-lansky/#itemlist", "name": "15 Pieces Quotes By Paul Lansky", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I never thought that I would write orchestra music, but in fact I did write a group of orchestra pieces.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Lansky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lansky/i-never-thought-that-i-would-write-orchestra-music-but-in-fact-i-did/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecd/paul-lansky-21043_facts_i-never-thought-that-i-would-write-orche_750434.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecd/paul-lansky-21043_facts_i-never-thought-that-i-would-write-orche_750434.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecd/paul-lansky-21043_facts_i-never-thought-that-i-would-write-orche_750434.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I never thought that I would write orchestra music, but in fact I did write a group of orchestra pieces.” — Paul Lansky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think of myself as experimenting with different ways of structuring pieces. 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