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"It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the people they've met before."
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"When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how charming a bluff they may put up."
"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."
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"Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as we know it."
"Nevertheless, one doesn't have time to think, oh, well, this is a quarter tone sharp, or flat."
"What's important for me is to communicate the vision that I have in sound with the audience that's hearing it."
"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."
"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."
"I've just simply used what I've used because of the great, great expressive potential of it."
"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."
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