If an American audience is given a serious musical theater piece that is well produced, dramatically gripping and wonderfully acted, they'll respond to it.
Carlisle FloydThere is something inherent in our democracy that tends to want to level. America is a little uncomfortable in the presence of someone who is distinctly superior in whatever way.
Carlisle FloydI found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.
Carlisle Floyd