Glass has received an array of honors and has worked with visionaries from various art forms, including singer-songwriter Patti Smith, dancer-choreographer Twyla Tharp and writer Doris Lessing. His albums include Glassworks (1982), Songs From Liquid Days (1986)-with contributions from David Byrne, Paul Simon, Linda Ronstadt and the Kronos Quartet-and Hydrogen Jukebox (1993), among many others.
The prolific Glass has composed several symphonies and concertos as well, performing his work internationally as part of his ensemble and having works staged in venues like the London Coliseum, Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. In 2012, Lavinia Meijer, a Korean-born Dutch harpist, released the album Metamorphosis / The Hours with works from Philip Glass, transcribed for harp by Meijer and approved by Glass. Many more operas were to come from Glass, including 1980’s Satyagraha, which followed a portion of the life of Mahatma Gandhi. Based on the life of the famed physicist and relying upon an unorthodox, repeating sonic framework, Einstein earned major acclaim. Playwright Robert Wilson worked with the composer to bring Glass’ first opera, Einstein on the Beach, to the stage in 1976. So it was like taking a microscope and looking at something very close up and you'll see things that you never would have seen before.” Events happen in the music but rather more slowly than you're used to. But I've always gone ahead and done what I wanted to do without paying much attention to anybody.” “In the 1970s, a paper ran the headline 'Glass invents new sonic torture.' I saved that one – I thought it was very funny.” “This is what people used to call the needle-stuck-in-the-groove music. But I really learned from writing, which is how painters learn to paint, and writers learn to write, and how even dancers learn to dance.” “When I was a kid, people threw things at me, or shouted and screamed, to disrupt my concerts. And I went through the Juilliard process, and that was good, too. We do it on our own, and we take our chances.” “I had great teachers. Nobody makes you choose the life of an artist. I didn't make a living until I was in my 40s – I did construction work, moved furniture, anything. “What I've noticed is that people who love what they do, regardless of what that might be, tend to live longer.” “I've always just worked hard.
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