"Eighty percent of my pieces gravitate towards an A, as a tonal thing, not at the beginning, but somewhere in it."

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Source : "The Gospel According To John Corigliano". Interview with Frank J. Oteri, www.newmusicbox.org. February 1, 2005.

John Corigliano

“But, we didn't have all the media that we do today.”
“Appearances are nothing.... And first of all they should not be feared, they are only dangerous to the weak.”
“The very man who has argued you down, will sometimes be found, years later, to have been influenced by what you said”
“Marijuana you can give up, I've given it up for fifteen years now and it never occurs to me to smoke it anymore.”
“Always plan for the worst, child, that way all your surprises are pleasant ones.”
“I was fifteen then, too young to fall in-love. Or maybe it is only then, with dew of childhood still in my eyes, that I was capable of such love. I will never know, of course.”

Source : Danielle Trussoni (2010). “Angelology: A Novel”, p.284, Penguin
“The psyches and souls of women also have their own cycles and seasons of doing and solitude, running and staying, being involved and being removed, questing and resting, creating and incubating, being of the world and returning to the soul-place.”
“My truth - what I believe - is that there are no answers here and, if you are looking for answers, you'd better choose the question carefully.”

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