Advent Quote by George Crumb

The sort of commercial parameters of classical music changed after the [World War II] , and the whole industry became more backward-looking.

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

Once upon a time, sound was new technology.

— Peter Jackson

In World War II all these countries were completely against each other, complete opposite. Now we're getting them all together, through the idea of…

— Jimi Hendrix

I made a lot of different experiments with tapes at that time, until I finally realized around 1995, that sound is an interesting subject…

— Anonymous

I would argue that among musicians who work in technology today, the level of technological sophistication probably exceeds that of military programs, to be…

— Jaron Lanier

In the last 100 years since the invention of sound reproduction, music has really taken off and it is much more a common language…

— Jerry Garcia

Without question the most unpopular medium of musical sound in the world.

— Thomas Beecham

When I listen to music from different eras, I sense different things. The 1940s music, there's so much optimism and romance, maybe because they…

— Eric Betzig

I was very much fascinated with the technology we had that we could edit in the computer our compositions, but all the sounds that…

— Miroslav Vitous

Too bad people can't always be playing music, maybe then there wouldn't be any more wars.

— Margot Benary-Isbert

Electronic music used pure sounds, completely calibrated. You had to think digitally, as it were, in a way that allowed you to extend serial…

— Luc Ferrari

When I began making electronic music, the only thing I was thinking about was creating music that I really liked. I didn't think about…

— Jean-Michel Jarre