“I always conceive a piece as a different set of challenges.” DifferentChallengesPieces Author:John Corigliano
“I'm glad I won it because when I grew up the Pulitzer was the award that every composer wanted and I was like that too.” WantedGrewGrew UpGladAwardsComposer Author:John Corigliano
“The French Revolution is the ultimate modernist statement. Destroy everything. Don't build on the past. There is no past.” PastRevolutionUltimateStatementsFrench Revolution Author:John Corigliano
“You become a great composer when you win a Pulitzer. But I think that now it's a completely meaningless award.” ThinkingWinningAwardsMeaninglessComposer Author:John Corigliano
“Eighty percent of my pieces gravitate towards an A, as a tonal thing, not at the beginning, but somewhere in it.” PiecesPercentEighty 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
“The enemy is not Islam, the great world faith, but a perversion of Islam.” WorldEnemyIslamPerversion Author:John Cornyn
“Justices are not politicians. They don't run on a political platform, and senators should not ask them to do so.” ShouldRunningPoliticalAsksJusticePoliticianPlatformsSenators Author:John Cornyn
“I think we ought to talk about what the American people want, and that is jobs and get the economy on track.” PeopleThinkingWantJobsEconomyOughtTrack Author:John Cornyn