All John Eaton Quotes
- The way that I got involved with microtonal music was, frankly, through jazz. Frankly
- We need it to capture the energy of contemporary life. Capture
- 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… Audience
- I really write for people. 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… Enemies
- I think I was first to do live performances on a modern electronic sound synthesizer. Electronic
- I want the audience to be so involved in the sweep of the music. Audience
- I think a lot of composers get into trouble just making up a plot and expecting an audience to follow that. Audience
- 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… All
- We need to open up the future. We also need to keep everything valuable from the past. Everything Valuable
- We need to have as broad a range as possible, because life itself has that kind of range. Broad
- Well, the very best operas are the ones written by the very best composers. Best
- 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… Available
- Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as we know it. Began
- 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… Matters
- 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… Action
- I've just simply used what I've used because of the great, great expressive potential of it. Expressive
- 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… All
- It's not important to me to found a school; it's not important to me to have disciples. Disciples
- Nevertheless, one doesn't have time to think, oh, well, this is a quarter tone sharp, or flat. Flat
- Well, let me, first of all, say, that as a microtonal composer, I've never been much of a theorist. All
- What's important for me is to communicate the vision that I have in sound with the audience that's hearing it. Audience