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.

It can be found when listening to the fictional radio station "The Journey". Produced and directed by Robert Ashley. Techniques
Riley's music is usually based on improvising through a series of modal figures of different lengths such as in In C (1964) and the Keyboard Studies.

His work has been deeply influenced by both jazz and Indian classical music.