Eric Whitacre Quotes

The terror of performing never goes away. Instead, you get very, very comfortable being terrified. — Eric Whitacre

For the first six or eight months at Juilliard I felt paralysed. I didn't know what I was doing. — Eric Whitacre

I happen to be one of the people who believe that the Internet is a force of good, and I'm very optimistic about it. — Eric Whitacre

I think [the virtual choir] speaks well to a benevolent future for the Internet. — Eric Whitacre

A really good poem is full of music. — Eric Whitacre

I write music that sounds complex but isn't. I frankly never think in terms of theory. — Eric Whitacre

As a composer, I know that all sorts of sounds I hear are making their way into my brain and soul and later sneak into my music. — Eric Whitacre

Nerves, stress and the pressure to perform are a part of life. You don't have to conquer these feelings; just learn to live with them. — Eric Whitacre

I'm not an atheist, but I'm not a Christian, either. — Eric Whitacre

Write the music your inside-you needs your outside-you to hear. — Eric Whitacre

I don't feel like I'm an artist with a capital 'A.' — Eric Whitacre

I truly thought I was going to be in pop music. And then I joined a choir to meet girls, and everything changed in the first rehearsal. — Eric Whitacre

For me, the virtual choir has taught me that, if anything, the Internet builds these post-national tribes, people finding each other anyway they can. — Eric Whitacre

When I think of people I am close to, I genuinely feel that I can include Josh Lyman, Toby Ziegler, C.J. Cregg and Sam Seaborn. — Eric Whitacre

I can't write music unless I'm deeply connected to it and that connection almost always comes from some experience that I have had or am having. — Eric Whitacre