"I don't care how much people understand what it is that I'm doing, except if they're players in my ensemble or other ensembles. I just want people to be moved by the music. If you're not moved by the music, then everything else falls away. You're not interested in the text, you're not interested in how it was done, and you're not interested in interviewing the composer and all the rest of it."

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Source : Interview with Joshua Klein, pitchfork.com. November 22, 2006.

Steve Reich

#Fall Quotes #Player Quotes #People Quotes

“I can understand why those primitive desert people think a camera steals their soul. It is unnatural to see yourself from the outside.”
“Our contemporary society is experimenting with the diminishment of caregivers for children. Some children are raised through crucial stages of life by only one person. This one person, who strives to give the best, may be overwhelmed, busy, trying to raise many children. And even in homes with two parents, many children are essentially alone.”

Source : Michael Gurian (2010). “The Wonder of Children: Nurturing the Souls of Our Sons and Daughters”, p.238, Simon and Schuster
“The true enemies of Social Security and Medicare are those who defend an imploding status quo.”
“Our senses convey that all is not well with the natural world.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“No Victor, you got it backwards, you should evaluate these integrals non-rigorously if you can, and rigorously if you must.”
“Being vulgar is fine, but oh please just don't be boring.”
“I'm from that world where I feel so comfortable making small independent movies.”
“If I have to climb to heaven on a ladder, I shall decline the invitation.”

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