Carlisle Floyd Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I was encouraged by my mother and, to a lesser extent, by my father.”

“If I felt that one of my operas did not come off I would certainly say so.”

“It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else.”

“Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.”

“Opera is given so little attention in the national press.”

“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.”

“I was interested in what was really going on in Salem at that time, and I resolved to investigate this seemingly unorthodox treatment of the people and the period.”

“If something is successful with the audience, it's automatically suspect; the reverse is to say that not to reach audiences is the greatest compliment an artist can receive!”

“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.”

“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.”