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.
John CoriglianoYou become a great composer when you win a Pulitzer. But I think that now it's a completely meaningless award.
John CoriglianoI think it's good for the composer to teach because you always have new students and you have to begin at the beginning and make things clear.
John CoriglianoWhat I think of as style - and I've gotten to this over years of really thinking about it - is that style is the unconscious choices I make.
John Corigliano