“If you take a violin, you can make it sound 50 different ways. Not just pizzicato and played by the bow, but ponticello, and harmonics, and tremolos. If you take an oboe and play it, there's about one way you can make it sound: like an oboe.” IfsWayDifferentPlaySoundOne WayDifferent WaysBowsViolinOboes Author:John Corigliano
“I find respect for a mediocre British composer, as opposed to a really good American, ridiculous because they automatically respect a composer if he's from England.” IfsEnglandBritishRidiculousComposerMediocre Author:John Corigliano
“I don't think that the Pulitzer should be given the way it is. I think the competition should be anonymous. I think completely different people would win it if the names were taken off because a lot of it is done on relationships and names.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayShouldDifferentDoneWinningNamesGivenTakenCompetitionDifferent Peoples Author:John Corigliano
