Nevertheless, one doesn't have time to think, oh, well, this is a quarter tone sharp, or flat.

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I've just simply used what I've used because of the great, great expressive potential of...

I've just simply used what I've used because of the great, great expressive potential of...

Well, the very best operas are the ones written by the very best composers.

Well, the very best operas are the ones written by the very best composers.

We need to open up the future. We also need to keep everything valuable from...

We need to open up the future. We also need to keep everything valuable from...

The way that I got involved with microtonal music was, frankly, through jazz.

The way that I got involved with microtonal music was, frankly, through jazz.

What's important for me is to communicate the vision that I have in sound with...

What's important for me is to communicate the vision that I have in sound with...

I want the audience to be so involved in the sweep of the music.

I want the audience to be so involved in the sweep of the music.

Well, let me, first of all, say, that as a microtonal composer, I've never been...

Well, let me, first of all, say, that as a microtonal composer, I've never been...

However, yes, especially as one gets older, you know, you really hope that your music...

However, yes, especially as one gets older, you know, you really hope that your music...

I really write for people.

I really write for people.

We need to have as broad a range as possible, because life itself has that...

We need to have as broad a range as possible, because life itself has that...

Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as...

Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as...

I'm thinking in terms of a point of departure, a field of action for performers...

I'm thinking in terms of a point of departure, a field of action for performers...

If you look at the timing of many of the Greek dramas from the theatrical...

If you look at the timing of many of the Greek dramas from the theatrical...

I think one of the greatest enemies in the use of technology, however, is the...

I think one of the greatest enemies in the use of technology, however, is the...

I think the composer and production staff of an opera have a real responsibility to...

I think the composer and production staff of an opera have a real responsibility to...

In other words, I think that if an audience listens to something as an experience...

In other words, I think that if an audience listens to something as an experience...

I think a lot of composers get into trouble just making up a plot and...

I think a lot of composers get into trouble just making up a plot and...

It's not important to me to found a school; it's not important to me to...

It's not important to me to found a school; it's not important to me to...

I think I was first to do live performances on a modern electronic sound synthesizer.

I think I was first to do live performances on a modern electronic sound synthesizer.

We need it to capture the energy of contemporary life.

We need it to capture the energy of contemporary life.