Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Morris Glass is an American composer. He is considered one of the most influential music makers of the late 20th century. His music is also often controversially described as minimal music, along with the work of the other "major minimalists" La Monte Young, Terry Riley and Steve Reich...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth31 January 1937
CityBaltimore, MD
CountryUnited States of America
audiences became discussing liked living maybe modern people question suddenly time urgent
There were audiences for the first time in living memory. People were discussing modern music. Maybe they liked it and maybe they didn't, but the question of what we were doing suddenly became an urgent one.
technique language ifs
A new language requires a new technique. If what you're saying doesn't require a new language, then what you're saying probably isn't new.
together world different
Traditions are imploding and exploding everywhere - everything is coming together, for better or worse, and we can no longer pretend were all living in different worlds because were on different continents.
choices style bases
If you don't have a basis on which to make the choice, then you don't have a style at all. You have a series of accidents.
wanted
I always knew what I wanted to do and I did it.
nice cities piano
I find that people can't find you. It's kind of quiet. When I go to a city, I can almost always get a piano if I need one. So there's something nice about being on the road and focusing on something you want to do.