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Carlisle Floyd Quotes: "We think the Puritans always dressed in black and white, which they didn't. They loved very bright colors. And there were other differences in perceptions that gave one a very different view of them."

We think the Puritans always dressed in black and white, which they didn't. They loved very bright colors. And there were other differences in perceptions that gave one a very different view of them.



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 Quotes: "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 Quotes: "Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast."

Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.




Carlisle Floyd Quotes: "There is something inherent in our democracy that tends to want to level. America is a little uncomfortable in the presence of someone who is distinctly superior in whatever way."

There is something inherent in our democracy that tends to want to level. America is a little uncomfortable in the presence of someone who is distinctly superior in whatever way.



Carlisle Floyd Quotes: "If something is successful with the audience, it's automatically suspect; the reverse is to say that not to reach audiences is the greatest compliment an artist can receive!"

If something is successful with the audience, it's automatically suspect; the reverse is to say that not to reach audiences is the greatest compliment an artist can receive!



Carlisle Floyd Quotes: "The story of Willie Stark fascinated me because it was tackling the story of a man who outwardly has all the success one could possibly want and who is destroyed by his personal demons."

The story of Willie Stark fascinated me because it was tackling the story of a man who outwardly has all the success one could possibly want and who is destroyed by his personal demons.




Carlisle Floyd Quotes: "People in very high places suddenly fall, and we are always surprised because we don't factor in the basic element that they're humans and, therefore, they are flawed and have weaknesses."

People in very high places suddenly fall, and we are always surprised because we don't factor in the basic element that they're humans and, therefore, they are flawed and have weaknesses.



Carlisle Floyd Quotes: "Like any other composer of opera, I choose a subject not for polemical reasons, but because it contains vivid characters in highly charged dramatic situations."

Like any other composer of opera, I choose a subject not for polemical reasons, but because it contains vivid characters in highly charged dramatic situations.



Carlisle Floyd Quotes: "If an American audience is given a serious musical theater piece that is well produced, dramatically gripping and wonderfully acted, they'll respond to it."

If an American audience is given a serious musical theater piece that is well produced, dramatically gripping and wonderfully acted, they'll respond to it.



Carlisle Floyd Quotes: "I find it enormously valuable to be sure that that the pacing is what I think it is and that the scenes have the shape I think they have musically and dramatically."

I find it enormously valuable to be sure that that the pacing is what I think it is and that the scenes have the shape I think they have musically and dramatically.



Carlisle Floyd Quotes: "What is American music? The most satisfying answer I've come across is that it was a kind of natural comfort with the vernacular which is diverse and regional; it's not one particular set of sounds."

What is American music? The most satisfying answer I've come across is that it was a kind of natural comfort with the vernacular which is diverse and regional; it's not one particular set of sounds.




Carlisle Floyd Quotes: "Anyone who creates something new or does something different artistically is going to be singled out."

Anyone who creates something new or does something different artistically is going to be singled out.



Carlisle Floyd Quotes: "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 Quotes: "I was encouraged by my mother and, to a lesser extent, by my father."

I was encouraged by my mother and, to a lesser extent, by my father.



Carlisle Floyd Quotes: "I was trying to do something that seemed very natural and easy but which bridged that gulf between the singing voice and the speaking voice."

I was trying to do something that seemed very natural and easy but which bridged that gulf between the singing voice and the speaking voice.



Carlisle Floyd Quotes: "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 Quotes: "You can't possibly predict what will last or not. But once you attempt to write for the ages, you're doomed."

You can't possibly predict what will last or not. But once you attempt to write for the ages, you're doomed.



Carlisle Floyd Quotes: "If I felt that one of my operas did not come off I would certainly say so."

If I felt that one of my operas did not come off I would certainly say so.



Carlisle Floyd Quotes: "When I've seen my operas in Europe, they have always struck me as more American than when I hear them here. I can't tell you what that phenomenon is."

When I've seen my operas in Europe, they have always struck me as more American than when I hear them here. I can't tell you what that phenomenon is.



Carlisle Floyd Quotes: "I think anything that is expressed directly and as honestly as possible will last."

I think anything that is expressed directly and as honestly as possible will last.



Carlisle Floyd Quotes: "Socially I never was an outsider. I have never thought of the conflict element before frankly, but perhaps it was wanting to belong, and at the same time wanting to retain one's own personality."

Socially I never was an outsider. I have never thought of the conflict element before frankly, but perhaps it was wanting to belong, and at the same time wanting to retain one's own personality.



Carlisle Floyd Quotes: "America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist."

America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.



Carlisle Floyd Quotes: "The artist is something of an outsider in America. I have always felt that America does not value its artists, certainly not in the sense that the Europeans do."

The artist is something of an outsider in America. I have always felt that America does not value its artists, certainly not in the sense that the Europeans do.