John Eaton Quotes

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• The way that I got involved with microtonal music was, frankly, through jazz.
• We need it to capture the energy of contemporary life.
• In other words, I think that if an audience listens to something as an experience of how in tune it is or something of that…
• I really write for people.
• I think one of the greatest enemies in the use of technology, however, is the idea that if you use the technology you have to…
• I think I was first to do live performances on a modern electronic sound synthesizer.
• I want the audience to be so involved in the sweep of the music.
• I think a lot of composers get into trouble just making up a plot and expecting an audience to follow that.
• I think the composer and production staff of an opera have a real responsibility to use visual elements of all kinds to make clear to…
• We need to open up the future. We also need to keep everything valuable from the past.
• We need to have as broad a range as possible, because life itself has that kind of range.
• Well, the very best operas are the ones written by the very best composers.
• However, yes, especially as one gets older, you know, you really hope that your music will become more generally available, even though some of the…
• Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as we know it.
• But nevertheless, it's music ultimately that matters in opera, and opera is a piece of music reaching out as a vision in sound reaching out…
• I'm thinking in terms of a point of departure, a field of action for performers to express an expressive need of mine which hopefully the…
• I've just simply used what I've used because of the great, great expressive potential of it.
• If you look at the timing of many of the Greek dramas from the theatrical point of view, it's all off, and I think the…
• It's not important to me to found a school; it's not important to me to have disciples.
• Nevertheless, one doesn't have time to think, oh, well, this is a quarter tone sharp, or flat.

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