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Carlisle Floyd quotes: I was encouraged by my mother and, to a lesser extent, by my father.

I was encouraged by my mother and, to a lesser extent, by my father.

Carlisle Floyd quotes: When I've seen my operas in Europe, they have always struck me as more American than when I hear them here. I can't tell you what that phenomenon is.

When I've seen my operas in Europe, they have always struck me as more American than when I hear them here. I can't tell you what that phenomenon is.

Carlisle Floyd quotes: Anyone who creates something new or does something different artistically is going to be singled out.

Anyone who creates something new or does something different artistically is going to be singled out.

Carlisle Floyd quotes: I was trying to do something that seemed very natural and easy but which bridged that gulf between the singing voice and the speaking voice.

I was trying to do something that seemed very natural and easy but which bridged that gulf between the singing voice and the speaking voice.

Carlisle Floyd quotes: Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.

Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.

Carlisle Floyd quotes: You can't possibly predict what will last or not. But once you attempt to write for the ages, you're doomed.

You can't possibly predict what will last or not. But once you attempt to write for the ages, you're doomed.

Carlisle Floyd quotes: I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.

I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.

Carlisle Floyd quotes: It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else.

It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else.

Carlisle Floyd quotes: I think anything that is expressed directly and as honestly as possible will last.

I think anything that is expressed directly and as honestly as possible will last.

Carlisle Floyd quotes: I've never set out consciously to write American music. I don't know what that would be unless the obvious Appalachian folk references.

I've never set out consciously to write American music. I don't know what that would be unless the obvious Appalachian folk references.

Carlisle Floyd quotes: Opera is given so little attention in the national press.

Opera is given so little attention in the national press.

Carlisle Floyd quotes: If I felt that one of my operas did not come off I would certainly say so.

If I felt that one of my operas did not come off I would certainly say so.

Carlisle Floyd quotes: America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.

America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.

Carlisle Floyd quotes: Our most intimate contact with civilizations long since dust has been through the art which has survived them.

Our most intimate contact with civilizations long since dust has been through the art which has survived them.