That's where I began to ask questions that maybe don't have one specific answer. And the more people you get answers from,… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
I have about two or three people, we don't have an office, we don't even have a dedicated phone line. We do… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
Music is about people for me. It's not about sounds. It's about people; it's about putting people into challenging situations. And for… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
It breaks even. We lose ten, twenty grand every year. But then the people who are working say, Look, I'll kick this… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
That is a lot of the reason I do what I do, to really spread the word and spread information and turn… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
I mean I have had a very combative relationship with critics because I'm very impatient with people that don't give my work… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
Like you have seven people with their hands up. I gotta make a choice. Y'know, that's tough. Sometimes I gotta go with… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
People are great. But there's people who you get together with and you talk and you go away feeling energized, you feel… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
For about seven years. I really like it there. There are a lot of great musicians. The scene is very open. A… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
If someone is a straight jazzhead, or a straight metalhead, or straight classical, they have a very narrow range of what they… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
I don't play favorites with people. My basic philosophy is that the only way to make the world a better place is… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
I have no doubts. I know what gets in the way and I know what encourages me to do more work. — John Zorn Copy Share
I was always an outsider, proud of being an outsider. I always reveled in the outsiders. — John Zorn Copy Share
I have art. I have music. I have the history, this legacy behind me that I can look up to. This is what I… — John Zorn Copy Share
You can't sit down and write 300 compositions in a three-month period and think that you're doing it all by yourself. Obviously, there's something… — John Zorn Copy Share
One of the reasons I started Tzadik, which is my own label, is to keep things in print. I got tired of labels dropping… — John Zorn Copy Share
That is a lot of the reason I do what I do, to really spread the word and spread information and turn people onto… — John Zorn Copy Share
I feel like there are messages. I feel like there are angels. I feel that there is a legacy and an energy. And I… — John Zorn Copy Share
I don't ascribe to the idea of the ivory tower composer who sits alone in a room composing his masterpieces and then comes down… — John Zorn Copy Share
Well, in Japan, I have got a group of musicians that I have worked with a lot, that concentrate just on the hardcore stuff,… — John Zorn Copy Share
I don't control it at all. It's all up to the musicians in the group. They control it. They make all the cues, and… — John Zorn Copy Share
I'm constantly tortured, and that's why I say happiness is irrelevant. Happiness is for children and yuppies. — John Zorn Copy Share
I'm not a practicing kabbalist. I'm not a spiritual master. I'm not a rabbi. I don't - but it's part of who I am. — John Zorn Copy Share
