Terrence Mitchell Riley (Terry Riley) Quotes

Essentially my contribution was to introduce repetition into Western music as the main ingredient without any melody over it, without anything just repeated patterns, musical patterns.

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• I'm always anxious in introducing sounds that don't originate with the cello.

  

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• Essentially my contribution was to introduce repetition into Western music as the main ingredient without any melody over it, without anything just repeated patterns, musical patterns.

  

  Terrence Mitchell Riley
  • Musical
  • Melody
  • Repetition