I don't know how any of my operas will play in 20 years. It will have a lot to do with the fashions of the time and what people respond to.
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I was encouraged by my mother and, to a lesser extent, by my father.Carlisle Floyd
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Carlisle Floyd
The story of Willie Stark fascinated me because it was tackling the story of a man who outwardly has all the success one could possibly want and who is destroyed by his personal demons.
Carlisle Floyd
I've never set out consciously to write American music. I don't know what that would be unless the obvious Appalachian folk references.
Carlisle Floyd
It's amazing how fast generations lose sight of other generations. One of the first things the young composers who come to work with me say is that they want to write music people will like, instead of gaining their credentials by being rejected by the audience.
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