Top 21 Quotes by John Eaton

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.

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

We need it to capture the energy of contemporary life.

I think a lot of composers get into trouble just making up a plot and expecting an audience to follow that.

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.

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

I think one of the greatest enemies in the use of technology, however, is the idea that if you use the technology you have to throw other things out of the window.

I really write for people.

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

But nevertheless, it's music ultimately that matters in opera, and opera is a piece of music reaching out as a vision in sound reaching out to the world.