Author: Eric Whitacre

Quotes

There must be four or five hundred choirs here in London alone. In a way, there's nowhere else on Earth I could go and get this level and passion for singing in the one place.

There must be four or five hundred choirs here in London alone. In a way, there's nowhere else on Earth I could go and get this level and passion for singing in the one place.

- Eric Whitacre

I truly thought I was going to be in pop music. And then I joined a choir to meet girls, and everything changed in the first rehearsal.

I truly thought I was going to be in pop music. And then I joined a choir to meet girls, and everything changed in the first rehearsal.

- 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

I can't write music unless I'm deeply connected to it and that connection almost always comes from some experience that I have had or am having.

I can't write music unless I'm deeply connected to it and that connection almost always comes from some experience that I have had or am having.

- Eric Whitacre

To have a live choir there on the stage and then these singers from different countries signing with us in real time through Skype, it's as if there aren't borders anymore.

To have a live choir there on the stage and then these singers from different countries signing with us in real time through Skype, it's as if there aren't borders anymore.

- Eric Whitacre

As a composer, I know that all sorts of sounds I hear are making their way into my brain and soul and later sneak into my music.

As a composer, I know that all sorts of sounds I hear are making their way into my brain and soul and later sneak into my music.

- 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

I happen to be one of the people who believe that the Internet is a force of good, and I'm very optimistic about it.

I happen to be one of the people who believe that the Internet is a force of good, and I'm very optimistic about it.

- Eric Whitacre

A really good poem is full of music.

A really good poem is full of music.

- Eric Whitacre

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