The terror of performing never goes away. Instead, you get very, very comfortable being terrified.

- Eric Whitacre

When I think of people I am close to, I genuinely feel that I can include Josh Lyman, Toby Ziegler, C.J. Cregg and Sam Seaborn.

- Eric Whitacre

I think [the virtual choir] speaks well to a benevolent future for the Internet.

- Eric Whitacre

When I had my first experiences of choral singing, the dissonance of those close harmonies was so exquisite that I would giggle or I would tear up, a…

- Eric Whitacre

Nerves, stress and the pressure to perform are a part of life. You don't have to conquer these feelings; just learn to live with them.

- Eric Whitacre

I don't know if it is a spiritual, physiological or psychological phenomenon, but I believe now more than ever that singing is a universal, built-in …

- Eric Whitacre

Write the music your inside-you needs your outside-you to hear.

- Eric Whitacre