I was interested in opera and it seemed to me that the only possible theatre for contemporary opera would be television. So I started working towards…

- Robert Ashley

Do not rely on unplanned music; it comes out as though it were planned, but planned by someone you cross the street to avoid.

- Robert Ashley

I like to talk about America. It's so mysterious.

- Robert Ashley

If a piece of music is under three minutes long, it's rock. Over three minutes, it's classical.

- Robert Ashley

Opera on television in Europe is very important. If you think about it in the broadest sense: a lot of the dramas made in India with music are practi…

- Robert Ashley