I find it enormously valuable to be sure that that the pacing is what I think it is and that the scenes have the shape I think they have musically and dramatically.
Carlisle FloydI've never set out consciously to write American music. I don't know what that would be unless the obvious Appalachian folk references.
Carlisle FloydThe artist is something of an outsider in America. I have always felt that America does not value its artists, certainly not in the sense that the Europeans do.
Carlisle FloydAnyone who creates something new or does something different artistically is going to be singled out.
Carlisle Floyd