Bows Quote by John Corigliano

You become a great composer when you win a Pulitzer. But I think that now it's a completely meaningless award.

— John Corigliano

The structural thinking I use in the concert hall is unnecessary to most film projects, and most film composers make better use of the…

— John Corigliano

Eighty percent of my pieces gravitate towards an A, as a tonal thing, not at the beginning, but somewhere in it.

— John Corigliano

I think art can reflect tragedy.

— John Corigliano

I find respect for a mediocre British composer, as opposed to a really good American, ridiculous because they automatically respect a composer if he's…

— John Corigliano

I think it's good for the composer to teach because you always have new students and you have to begin at the beginning and…

— John Corigliano

I always conceive a piece as a different set of challenges.

— John Corigliano

I have tremendous respect for film composers.

— John Corigliano

Jazz is not the popular culture. Jazz is in the same position in our culture as classical music. A very small minority of people…

— John Corigliano

I don't think that the Pulitzer should be given the way it is. I think the competition should be anonymous. I think completely different…

— John Corigliano

I'm glad I won it because when I grew up the Pulitzer was the award that every composer wanted and I was like that…

— John Corigliano

What I think of as style - and I've gotten to this over years of really thinking about it - is that style is…

— John Corigliano