I had been interested in Indian music and I actually started studying Tableaus before I met him. Terry Riley indianinterestmeet Change image and share on social
It is important that we are coming up on the millennium because what I am experiencing, just being one person out of billions, is the feeling of acceleration. I experience this through my contact with other people. Terry Riley accelerationbillioncome share on social
It seems like we are moving towards something, some kind of point and it is probably going to be an important point in our development or dissolution. That is what everybody seems to be thinking. Terry Riley developmentdissolutionimportant Change image and share on social
Out of doing all that experimentation with sound I decided I wanted to do it with live musicians. To take repetition, take music fragments and make it live. Musicians would be able to play it and create this kind of abstract fabric of sound. Terry Riley abstractcreatedecide share on social
Music can also be a sensual pleasure, like eating food or sex. But its highest vibration for me is that point of taking us to a real understanding of something in our nature which we can very rarely get at. It is a spiritual state of oneness. Terry Riley eatfoodhigh share on social
I was using tape loops for dancers and dance production. I had very funky primitive equipment, in fact technology wasn't very good no matter how much money you had. Terry Riley dancedancerequipment Change image and share on social
Everyone seems to be in a kind of accelerated time mode that is beyond their own control. Terry Riley acceleratecontrolkind Change image and share on social
Well I guess my music came to prominence around one piece called 'In C' which I wrote in 1964 at that time it was called 'The Global Villages for Symphonic Pieces', because it was a piece built out of 53 simple patterns and the structure was new to music at that time. Terry Riley buildcallglobal share on social
Acceleration is finite, I think according to some laws of physics. Terry Riley accelerationfinitelaw Change image and share on social
Talking about the all night concerts, I did some of the first all night concerts back in the 60's with this little harmonium, and I also had saxophone taped delays. Terry Riley backconcertdelay Change image and share on social
