Author: Steven Stucky

Quotes

The only way for me to compose is intensively. To pick at it over a long period doesn't seem to work.

The only way for me to compose is intensively. To pick at it over a long period doesn't seem to work.

- Steven Stucky

I do believe that the Chinese are becoming international leaders in showing the way forward for concert music.

I do believe that the Chinese are becoming international leaders in showing the way forward for concert music.

- Steven Stucky

It's not possible to build a piece that stands successfully without talking about its shape. But if you talk too much, you lead people away from the music itself.

It's not possible to build a piece that stands successfully without talking about its shape. But if you talk too much, you lead people away from the music itself.

- Steven Stucky

If you haven't heard my music before, 'Spirit Voices' is a great place to start.

If you haven't heard my music before, 'Spirit Voices' is a great place to start.

- Steven Stucky

I think a great piece, whenever it was written, gets under our skin, makes us feel something. That's what Beethoven was trying to do.

I think a great piece, whenever it was written, gets under our skin, makes us feel something. That's what Beethoven was trying to do.

- Steven Stucky

I don't think music teaches about mundane, everyday life. It teaches us what it is to be a human being.

I don't think music teaches about mundane, everyday life. It teaches us what it is to be a human being.

- Steven Stucky

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