Roger Sessions quotes

But communication is two-sided - vital and profound communication makes demands also on those who are to receive it... demands in the sense of concentration, of genuine effort to receive what is being communicated. (Roger Sessions)
I have sometimes been told that my music is 'difficult' for the listener. View quote
Roger Sessions
What we ask of music, first and last, is that it communicate experience - experience of all kinds, vital and profound at its greatest, amusing or entertaining at another level. View quote
Roger Sessions