It is important that we are coming up on the millennium because what I am experiencing, just being one person out of billions, is the feeling of acceleration. I experience this through my contact with other people.
I had already done Rainbow in Curved Air and had a big record on CBS. I was launched to have a long career and then I just dropped out and went to In… - Terry Riley
I had already done Rainbow in Curved Air and had a big record on CBS. I was launched to have a long career and then I just dropped out and went to In…
- Terry Riley
I was using tape loops for dancers and dance production. I had very funky primitive equipment, in fact technology wasn't very good no matter how much… - Terry Riley
I was using tape loops for dancers and dance production. I had very funky primitive equipment, in fact technology wasn't very good no matter how much…
The highest point of music for me is to become in a place where there is no desire, no craving, wanting to do anything else. It is the best place yo… - Terry Riley
The highest point of music for me is to become in a place where there is no desire, no craving, wanting to do anything else. It is the best place yo…
Well I guess my music came to prominence around one piece called 'In C' which I wrote in 1964 at that time it was called 'The Global Villages for Sym… - Terry Riley
Well I guess my music came to prominence around one piece called 'In C' which I wrote in 1964 at that time it was called 'The Global Villages for Sym…
I really didn't have a plan, I just went in and started playing. one of my specialties was to be able to play for a really long time without stopping… - Terry Riley
I really didn't have a plan, I just went in and started playing. one of my specialties was to be able to play for a really long time without stopping…
The great thing about string quartets is the players are kind of like family. They work really well as a unit, so you can write things that let them … - Terry Riley
The great thing about string quartets is the players are kind of like family. They work really well as a unit, so you can write things that let them …
Essentially my contribution was to introduce repetition into Western music as the main ingredient without any melody over it, without anything just r… - Terry Riley
Essentially my contribution was to introduce repetition into Western music as the main ingredient without any melody over it, without anything just r…
It seems like we are moving towards something, some kind of point and it is probably going to be an important point in our development or dissolution… - Terry Riley
It seems like we are moving towards something, some kind of point and it is probably going to be an important point in our development or dissolution…
Out of doing all that experimentation with sound I decided I wanted to do it with live musicians. To take repetition, take music fragments and make i… - Terry Riley
Out of doing all that experimentation with sound I decided I wanted to do it with live musicians. To take repetition, take music fragments and make i…
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