31 Quotes by Eric Whitacre

Many composers use software to write music - programs like Finale or Sibelius. There are also recording programs. I should say I'm still very old-fashioned, I still use pencil and paper. But almost every composer I know does it the 'new way.'

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

People in chorus tends to be much more emotional or at least wear their hearts on their sleeve. They are generally the kind to hold hands and cry. It's just a different personality type.

A really good poem is full of music.

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.

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

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.

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

To have a live choir there on the stage and then these singers from different countries signing with us in real time through Skype, it's as if there aren't borders anymore.