"I have sometimes been told that my music is 'difficult' for the listener"
- Roger Sessions
About this Quote
In this quote, author Roger Sessions is assessing feedback he has actually gotten about his music. He mentions that he has been told that his music is "hard" for the listener. This might suggest that his music is complicated and challenging to understand or appreciate. It might also recommend that his music is not quickly accessible or enjoyable for a general audience. Sessions might be revealing aggravation or dissatisfaction with this feedback, as he might feel that his music is not being fully appreciated or understood. In general, this quote highlights the subjective nature of music and the varying viewpoints and interpretations that can be connected to it.
This quote is written / told by Roger Sessions between December 28, 1896 and March 16, 1985. He was a famous Composer from USA.
The author also have 2 other quotes.
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away"
"Jazz vision is the fusion of music and art a real paradox of same-yet different. Here we play in exchanges, like the hardness of the key of c# major and from the softness of Db major - capturing, reflecting and improvising"
"We worked very hard to make the lyrics suit the music. I can't, like Elton John, for example, compose by lyrics. Elton has a great talent for that. Whatever you give him, including your questions, he composes in half an hour and makes a great song out of it"
