John Corigliano Quotes
I find respect for a mediocre British composer, as opposed to a really good American, ridiculous because they automatically respect a composer if he's from England.
Quotes to Explore
-
I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.
-
I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
-
There's nothing unnatural in creation.
-
I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
-
There are a lot of films that are drug dramas, and we didn't want to tell Scarface again.
-
Action is the foundational key to all success.
-
I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different.
-
Actually, what will be shown from here to eternity will be Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr cavorting on the beach. 'From Here to Eternity' must have seemed like a chore to its director, Fred Zinnemann.
-
I tramped. When I was on the freight trains, I wasn't looking for work. I was looking to go from place to place without paying any money.
-
When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
-
I live a very normal regimented life that focuses on my training and my private life so I squeeze the insane stuff in around that.
-
I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity.
-
Finally we are a nation with some conscience. It means alliances are extremely important when they're based on a national interest. We have to have the ability to sustain our presence within those alliances.
-
And the basis on which we agreed to operate with them involved a manifesto, where it states that we proceed from different ideologies and policies. One thing that we insisted on was that they should take an oath to reject racism and discrimination.
-
Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.
-
I never, by any regard, ever denied any part of my family roots.
-
I love nature.
-
In the U.S., diversity is a politically correct slogan. In India, it is a historical fact. Much as we in the West may resent it, India has a lot to teach us when it comes to religious tolerance.
-
I've always been full-figured in a not-boyish way.
-
A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense.'
-
I'm fascinated by fire. When I was four, I wore an American fireman's hat all the time, and I still have one in my office today. Glasgow used to be called 'Tinderbox City;' there were always fires, people getting killed.
-
I've bought some Lanvin snake-print wedges, so maybe you'll see me pushing the pram in those and my hotpants!
-
If I take two years off, I would want to fight as much as possible.
-
I find respect for a mediocre British composer, as opposed to a really good American, ridiculous because they automatically respect a composer if he's from England.
