Wendy Carlos Quotes & Sayings

I'm really a very weak musicologist. Wish it weren't so, but there's only so much you can dig deeply into in one lifetime, as if you hadn't noticed. — Wendy Carlos

I suppose I was affected by raw sounds and timbres more than a lot of other composers. Had I been involved with orchestral composing, I think the aspect that would have most endeared me to that field would have been the orchestration. — Wendy Carlos

It's best to incorporate a broadly eclectic point of view, and let whatever moves you be your inspiration. — Wendy Carlos

What is full of redundancy or formula is predictably boring. What is free of all structure or discipline is randomly boring. In between lies art. — Wendy Carlos

You repeat things because they're like your personal obsessions — Wendy Carlos

A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art. — Wendy Carlos

Composition has almost always been solitary. — Wendy Carlos

As human beings we do change, grow, adapt, perhaps even learn and become wiser. — Wendy Carlos