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Terry Riley Quotes

I had already done Rainbow in Curved Air and had a big record on CBS. I was launched to have a long career and then I just dropped out and went to India Picture Quote #1

I was using tape loops for dancers and dance production. I had very funky primitive equipment, in fact technology wasn’t very good no matter how much money you had Picture Quote #1

Acceleration is finite, I think, according to some laws of physics Picture Quote #1

I was using tape loops for dancers and dance production. I had very funky primitive equipment, in fact technology wasn’t very good no matter how much money you had Picture Quote #1

Music can also be a sensual pleasure, like eating food or sex. But its highest vibration for me is that point of taking us to a real understanding of something in our nature which we can very rarely get at. It is a spiritual state of oneness Picture Quote #1

We are either going to dissolve as a human race or we are going to break through into a new understanding of what it is to be a human being Picture Quote #1

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The incredible thing about the human mind is that is didn’t come with an instruction book Picture Quote #1

The highest point of music for me is to become in a place where there is no desire, no craving, wanting to do anything else. It is the best place you have ever been, and yet there is nothing there Picture Quote #1

It’s not what happens to you in life that matters; what matters is how you deal with it! Picture Quote #1

Everyone seems to be in a kind of accelerated time mode that is beyond their own control Picture Quote #1

I really didn’t have a plan, I just went in and started playing. One of my specialties was to be able to play for a really long time without stopping and I would play these repeated patterns for hours and hours and I wouldn’t seem to get tired Picture Quote #1

It is important that we are coming up on the millennium because what I am experiencing, just being one person out of billions, is the feeling of acceleration. I experience this through my contact with other people Picture Quote #1

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It seems like we are moving towards something, some kind of point and it is probably going to be an important point in our development or dissolution. That is what everybody seems to be thinking Picture Quote #1

Out of doing all that experimentation with sound I decided I wanted to do it with live musicians. To take repetition, take music fragments and make it live. Musicians would be able to play it and create this kind of abstract fabric of sound Picture Quote #1

Talking about the all night concerts, I did some of the first all night concerts back in the 60’s with this little harmonium, and I also had saxophone taped delays Picture Quote #1

Throughout the evening I would be recording these long saxophone delays and about four hours into the concert, if I wanted to take a break I would just play back the saxophone Picture Quote #1

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I had already done Rainbow in Curved Air and had a big record on CBS. I was launched to have a long career and then I just dropped out and went to India (Terry Riley Quotes) I was using tape loops for dancers and dance production. I had very funky primitive equipment, in fact technology wasn’t very good no matter how much money you had. (Terry Riley Quotes) Acceleration is finite, I think, according to some laws of physics (Terry Riley Quotes) I was using tape loops for dancers and dance production. I had very funky primitive equipment, in fact technology wasn’t very good no matter how much money you had (Terry Riley Quotes) Music can also be a sensual pleasure, like eating food or sex. But its highest vibration for me is that point of taking us to a real understanding of something in our nature which we can very rarely get at. It is a spiritual state of oneness (Terry Riley Quotes) We are either going to dissolve as a human race or we are going to break through into a new understanding of what it is to be a human being (Terry Riley Quotes) The incredible thing about the human mind is that is didn’t come with an instruction book (Terry Riley Quotes) The highest point of music for me is to become in a place where there is no desire, no craving, wanting to do anything else. It is the best place you have ever been, and yet there is nothing there (Terry Riley Quotes) It’s not what happens to you in life that matters; what matters is how you deal with it! (Terry Riley Quotes) Everyone seems to be in a kind of accelerated time mode that is beyond their own control (Terry Riley Quotes) I really didn’t have a plan, I just went in and started playing. One of my specialties was to be able to play for a really long time without stopping and I would play these repeated patterns for hours and hours and I wouldn’t seem to get tired (Terry Riley Quotes) It is important that we are coming up on the millennium because what I am experiencing, just being one person out of billions, is the feeling of acceleration. I experience this through my contact with other people (Terry Riley Quotes) It seems like we are moving towards something, some kind of point and it is probably going to be an important point in our development or dissolution. That is what everybody seems to be thinking (Terry Riley Quotes) Out of doing all that experimentation with sound I decided I wanted to do it with live musicians. To take repetition, take music fragments and make it live. Musicians would be able to play it and create this kind of abstract fabric of sound (Terry Riley Quotes) Talking about the all night concerts, I did some of the first all night concerts back in the 60’s with this little harmonium, and I also had saxophone taped delays (Terry Riley Quotes) Throughout the evening I would be recording these long saxophone delays and about four hours into the concert, if I wanted to take a break I would just play back the saxophone (Terry Riley Quotes)