Author: Carlisle Floyd

Quotes

I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.

I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.

- Carlisle Floyd

I've never set out consciously to write American music. I don't know what that would be unless the obvious Appalachian folk references.

I've never set out consciously to write American music. I don't know what that would be unless the obvious Appalachian folk references.

- Carlisle Floyd

It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else.

It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else.

- Carlisle Floyd

I had all the normal interests - I played basketball and I headed the school paper. But I also developed very early a great love for music and literature and the theater.

I had all the normal interests - I played basketball and I headed the school paper. But I also developed very early a great love for music and literature and the theater.

- Carlisle Floyd

Our most intimate contact with civilizations long since dust has been through the art which has survived them.

Our most intimate contact with civilizations long since dust has been through the art which has survived them.

- Carlisle Floyd

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