I've never set out consciously to write American music. I don't know what that would be unless the obvious Appalachian folk references.
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I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.Carlisle Floyd
The performances of my works in the last 10 years are probably equal to all the previous years put together. There are so many venues now and there is a completely new public for opera that's grown up outside of the traditional core opera public.
Carlisle Floyd
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.
Carlisle Floyd
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
There is something inherent in our democracy that tends to want to level. America is a little uncomfortable in the presence of someone who is distinctly superior in whatever way.
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Socially I never was an outsider. I have never thought of the conflict element before frankly, but perhaps it was wanting to belong, and at the same time wanting to retain one's own personality.
Carlisle Floyd
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