John Eaton

I've just simply used what I've used because of the great, great expressive potential of it. ↗

— John Eaton

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If you look at the timing of many of the Greek dramas from the theatrical point of view, it's all off, and I think the reason for that is that music played a very important part. ↗

— John Eaton

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It's not important to me to found a school; it's not important to me to have disciples. ↗

— John Eaton

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The way that I got involved with microtonal music was, frankly, through jazz. ↗

— John Eaton

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We need it to capture the energy of contemporary life. ↗

— John Eaton

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We need to have as broad a range as possible, because life itself has that kind of range. ↗

— John Eaton

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We need to open up the future. We also need to keep everything valuable from the past. ↗

— John Eaton

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Well, let me, first of all, say, that as a microtonal composer, I've never been much of a theorist. ↗

— John Eaton

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Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as we know it. ↗

— John Eaton

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Well, the very best operas are the ones written by the very best composers. ↗

— John Eaton

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