“Out of doing all that experimentation with sound I decided I wanted to do it with live musicians. To take repetition, take music fragments and make it live. Musicians would be able to play it and create this kind of abstract fabric of sound.” KindPlayWould BeAbleWantedSoundMusicianDecidedAbstractFabricRepetitionFragmentsExperimentation Author:Terry Riley
“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.” ThinkingKindImportantSeemsMovingDevelopmentDissolution Author:Terry Riley
“The great thing about string quartets is the players are kind of like family. They work really well as a unit, so you can write things that let them use those talents of association and intuition-all the things they’ve developed together as a group.” WritingWellsKindUseTogetherPlayerGroupsTalentIntuitionGreat ThingsStringsAssociationUnitsQuartetsLike FamilyString Quartets Author:Terry Riley
“Everyone seems to be in a kind of accelerated time mode that is beyond their own control.” KindSeems Author:Terry Riley
