American - Composer | June 11, 1926 -
People in very high places suddenly fall, and we are always surprised because we don't factor in the basic element that they're humans and, therefore, they are flawed and have weaknesses.
Carlisle Floyd
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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Anyone who creates something new or does something different artistically is going to be singled out.
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I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.
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I think anything that is expressed directly and as honestly as possible will last.
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I was encouraged by my mother and, to a lesser extent, by my father.
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I've never set out consciously to write American music. I don't know what that would be unless the obvious Appalachian folk references.
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If I felt that one of my operas did not come off I would certainly say so.
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It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else.
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Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.
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Our most intimate contact with civilizations long since dust has been through the art which has survived them.
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I find it enormously valuable to be sure that that the pacing is what I think it is and that the scenes have the shape I think they have musically and dramatically.
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