I tried to use the voice so it was not strictly recitative or singing or spoken word. I tried a great deal of speaking on pitch and in rhythm.
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I had all the normal interests - I played basketball and I headed the school paper. But I also developed very early a great love for music and literature and the theater.Carlisle Floyd
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It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else.
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If you are surrounded by colleagues you trust, and if you can use their comments and responses creatively, I think it's tremendous.
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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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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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