Top 17 Quotes by Caroline Shaw

I guess I'd like people to be able to forget a lot of things and just enjoy the beauty of harmony and melody for a moment.

I've spent a lot of time playing Bach partitas. One of my first jobs was to play for ballet and modern classes, so the music in 'Partita' is kind of like choreography for me.

'Partita' is a simple piece. Born of a love of surface and structure, of the human voice, of dancing and tired ligaments, of music, and of our basic desire to draw a line from one point to another.

I played a lot of Bach's partitas and sonatas; I like the way that Bach was abstracting already from these dance forms.

I've been gearing up for this future of writing a lot of new music by digging into my favorite old stuff, and twisting it around and highlighting the things I really love.

I could read music and sing all the right notes at the right time. And over time, I literally found my voice, found a way to make sound.

Be free, and live life fully.

I grew up listening to - it's kind of embarrassing - all classical music.

I don't really call myself a composer.

I've been singing with Roomful of Teeth since the beginning in 2009, and it's a really mind-blowingly wonderful vocal ensemble. Very brave and very creative, and they're some of my closest friends.