If I felt that one of my operas did not come off I would certainly say so.
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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.Carlisle Floyd
It's necessary to track characters all the way through an opera. If you're dealing with more than one or two characters, it's very easy to forget that the others have lives of their own that feed into the story.
Carlisle Floyd
I was trying to do something that seemed very natural and easy but which bridged that gulf between the singing voice and the speaking voice.
Carlisle Floyd
Like any other composer of opera, I choose a subject not for polemical reasons, but because it contains vivid characters in highly charged dramatic situations.
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 found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.
Carlisle Floyd
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