Words matter. These are the best Mack Wilberg Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
There are probably limits on what the choir can sing well.
Our mandate is to sing for everyone. We don’t just sing for one group or sing one genre… This is everybody’s choir.
I think music – it sounds cliche, but music can be very healing.
I don’t know how to turn on a computer.
The choir tries to perform for everyone. It enables us to be very diversified with our audiences.
In the ’70s and ’80s, if you said you wrote for ‘the people,’ that meant you weren’t any good. But I think that’s changing.
People love to hear the choir sing the hymns.
It’s a great privilege and a highlight for choir and orchestra members to perform for audiences in live concerts.
Music has unique ways of speaking to the soul.
There’s something kind of wonderful about men singing lullabies.
As much sorrow and grief as came from 9/11, there have also come positives.
We are always fortunate to have our own sound folks with us that do a great job in ensuring that everybody can hear and the sound is good.
Usually, all I want is peace and quiet when I’m driving home.
A requiem is meant to bring comfort.
Sometimes I prefer when I can hear other people conduct my music so I can sit out and actually hear it. When you are in the middle of it, sometimes it’s a little bit hard to hear and get the whole effect.
From the beginning, music has been the chosen way to express feelings that words alone can’t.
I do think one of my strengths is the ability to adapt to whatever the situation is.
Even missionaries get discouraged at times.
I suppose I write music for people, not for the filing cabinet or the museum.
Collaboration is an important part of the process, and ego is never a part of it.
