I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.
If an American audience is given a serious musical theater piece that is well produced, dramatically gripping and wonderfully acted, they'll respond … - Carlisle Floyd
If an American audience is given a serious musical theater piece that is well produced, dramatically gripping and wonderfully acted, they'll respond …
- Carlisle Floyd
What is American music? The most satisfying answer I've come across is that it was a kind of natural comfort with the vernacular which is diverse and… - Carlisle Floyd
What is American music? The most satisfying answer I've come across is that it was a kind of natural comfort with the vernacular which is diverse and…
It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else. - Carlisle Floyd
It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else.
I've never set out consciously to write American music. I don't know what that would be unless the obvious Appalachian folk references. - Carlisle Floyd
I've never set out consciously to write American music. I don't know what that would be unless the obvious Appalachian folk references.
Anyone who creates something new or does something different artistically is going to be singled out. - Carlisle Floyd
Anyone who creates something new or does something different artistically is going to be singled out.
We think the Puritans always dressed in black and white, which they didn't. They loved very bright colors. And there were other differences in percep… - Carlisle Floyd
We think the Puritans always dressed in black and white, which they didn't. They loved very bright colors. And there were other differences in percep…
I think anything that is expressed directly and as honestly as possible will last. - Carlisle Floyd
I think anything that is expressed directly and as honestly as possible will last.
There is something inherent in our democracy that tends to want to level. America is a little uncomfortable in the presence of someone who is distinc… - Carlisle Floyd
There is something inherent in our democracy that tends to want to level. America is a little uncomfortable in the presence of someone who is distinc…
The performances of my works in the last 10 years are probably equal to all the previous years put together. There are so many venues now and there i… - Carlisle Floyd
The performances of my works in the last 10 years are probably equal to all the previous years put together. There are so many venues now and there i…
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