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
years minimalist description
I've been called a minimalist composer for more than 30 years, and while I've never really agreed with the description, I've gotten used to it.
wanted
I always knew what I wanted to do and I did it.
done knows
The work I've done is the work I know, and the work I do is the work I don't know. I don't know what I'm doing.
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.
thinking people use
I'm interested in what happens to music when other people use it. Whereas there are composers who don't like anyone to touch their music, I think people should because they do things I can't think of.
lonely lineage remember
If you remember your lineage, you will never feel lonely.
writing play piano
My biggest problem about writing is whenever I write piano pieces, because I then have to learn to play them, which is sometimes not so easy.
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.
talking focus perception
What you hear depends on how you focus your ear. We're not talking about inventing a new language, but rather inventing new perceptions of existing languages.
use revelations structure
What came to me as a revelation was the use of rhythm in developing an overall structure in music.
people might
What I've noticed is that people who love what they do, regardless of what that might be, tend to live longer.
morning up-early secret
You get up early in the morning and you work all day. That’s the only secret.
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.
travel mean america
I travel the world, and I'm happy to say that America is still the great melting pot - maybe a chunky stew rather than a melting pot at this point, but you know what I mean.