Caroline Shaw

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Be free, and live life fully.

From Caroline Shaw

I've done a lot of performance practice, Baroque playing, and some of the joy and the challenge of it is figuring out what the composer intended... You have music of the 17th century - it's all whole notes and half notes. But inside of that, there are so many things that one can do, at least according to what we know about performance practice.

From Caroline Shaw

I don't really call myself a composer.

From Caroline Shaw

Living in New York City, you have to keep trying to do a lot of things.

From Caroline Shaw

I played a lot of Bach's partitas and sonatas; I like the way that Bach was abstracting already from these dance forms.

From Caroline Shaw

Every day, you have to make three hours of music, just randomly improvising, and that's a great way to weed stuff out.

From Caroline Shaw

I consider myself a musician.

From Caroline Shaw

I've been singing with Roomful of Teeth since the beginning in 2009, and it's a really mind-blowingly wonderful vocal ensemble. Very brave and very creative, and they're some of my closest friends.

From Caroline Shaw

I guess I'd like people to be able to forget a lot of things and just enjoy the beauty of harmony and melody for a moment.

From Caroline Shaw

I could read music and sing all the right notes at the right time. And over time, I literally found my voice, found a way to make sound.

From Caroline Shaw

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