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Write Quotes by Carlisle Floyd
- It's amazing how fast generations lose sight of other generations. One of the first things the young composers who come to work with me say…
- I've never set out consciously to write American music. I don't know what that would be unless the obvious Appalachian folk references.
- I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.
- You can't possibly predict what will last or not. But once you attempt to write for the ages, you're doomed.
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