John Eaton

Nevertheless, one doesn't have time to think, oh, well, this is a quarter tone sharp, or flat. ↗

— John Eaton

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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. ↗

— John Eaton

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I really write for people. ↗

— John Eaton

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

— John Eaton

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I think I was first to do live performances on a modern electronic sound synthesizer. ↗

— John Eaton

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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. ↗

— John Eaton

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I think the composer and production staff of an opera have a real responsibility to use visual elements of all kinds to make clear to the American audience, at any rate, exactly what is going on. ↗

— John Eaton

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I want the audience to be so involved in the sweep of the music. ↗

— John Eaton

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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. ↗

— John Eaton

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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. ↗

— John Eaton

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