Top 26 Quotes by Eric Whitacre

About Eric Whitacre

These are some quotes by American author Eric Whitacre Composer, who was born on January 2, 1970.

For me, the virtual choir has taught me that, if anything, the Internet builds these post-national tribes, people finding each other anyway they can.

For me, the virtual choir has taught me that, if anything, the Internet builds these post-national tribes, people finding each other anyway they can.

Eric Whitacre

I'm not an atheist, but I'm not a Christian, either.

I'm not an atheist, but I'm not a Christian, either.

Eric Whitacre

I write music that sounds complex but isn't. I frankly never think in terms of theory.

I write music that sounds complex but isn't. I frankly never think in terms of theory.

Eric Whitacre

When you look back on music history, it falls into these neat periods, but of course, the period you yourself are living through seems totally scattered and chaotic.

When you look back on music history, it falls into these neat periods, but of course, the period you yourself are living through seems totally scattered and chaotic.

Eric Whitacre

For the first six or eight months at Juilliard I felt paralysed. I didn't know what I was doing.

For the first six or eight months at Juilliard I felt paralysed. I didn't know what I was doing.

Eric Whitacre

With vocal and choral music, first and foremost, it's the text. Not only do I need to serve the text, but the text - when I'm doing it right - acts as the perfect 'blueprint', and all the architecture is there. The poet has done the heavy lifting, so my job is to find the soul of the poem and then somehow translate that into music.

Eric Whitacre

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