“I had always been more interested in playing and improvising than sitting down at a desk and writing out a piece. I'd always found it more fun to play, and the other a little bit tedious. I always had trouble with the decisions.” WritingLittlesPlayFoundFunBitsDecisionPiecesTroubleLittle BitSittingDesksTediousSitting DownImprovising Author:Terry Riley
“Well I guess my music came to prominence around one piece called 'In C' which I wrote in 1964 at that time it was called 'The Global Villages for Symphonic Pieces', because it was a piece built out of 53 simple patterns and the structure was new to music at that time.” WellsSimplePiecesBuiltStructurePatternsVillageOne PieceProminenceGlobal Village Author:Terry Riley