Top 21 Quotes by John Eaton

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

We need it to capture the energy of contemporary life.

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

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

I'm thinking in terms of a point of departure, a field of action for performers to express an expressive need of mine which hopefully the context of music would convey.

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

I really write for people.

I think the composer and production staff of an opera have a real responsibility to use visual elements of all kinds to make clear to the American audience, at any rate, exactly what is going on.

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

However, yes, especially as one gets older, you know, you really hope that your music will become more generally available, even though some of the performances might be riddled with faults.