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> [The danger of these collaborations across disciplines is in having too strict of a division of labor - in my case, of getting stuck doing the music. When I make an album, I write music, I write lyrics, I come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grubbs/the-danger-of-these-collaborations-across-disciplines-is-in-having/)

[David Grubbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grubbs/)

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## More by David Grubbs

> [My experience that undergirds that observation comes from punk, where people might have scraped together the money to be in the studio for an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grubbs/my-experience-that-undergirds-that-observation-comes-from-punk-where/)

[David Grubbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grubbs/)

> [I recall improvisational drummer and composer Michael Evans telling me a story of someone who had the opportunity to meet Cage and give him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grubbs/i-recall-improvisational-drummer-and-composer-michael-evans-telling/)

[David Grubbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grubbs/)

> [For me, it's good to have those dissimilar modes of songwriting sit side-by-side on a record, because they yield such different results.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grubbs/for-me-it-s-good-to-have-those-dissimilar-modes-of-songwriting-sit/)

[David Grubbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grubbs/)

> [The danger of these collaborations across disciplines is in having too strict of a division of labor - in my case, of getting stuck…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grubbs/the-danger-of-these-collaborations-across-disciplines-is-in-having/)

[David Grubbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grubbs/)

> [What a strange thing - that musicians grant permission to places like Ubuweb, and then because it's free, it'll probably be listened to more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grubbs/what-a-strange-thing-that-musicians-grant-permission-to-places-like/)

[David Grubbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grubbs/)

> [If the records that I make have one thing in common, it's that there is little recapitulation, and the idea is that it should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grubbs/if-the-records-that-i-make-have-one-thing-in-common-it-s-that-there/)

[David Grubbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grubbs/)

> [In eighteenth-century England, there was a practice of hiring a picturesque hermit who would inhabit the beautiful ruin on your estate. To me it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grubbs/in-eighteenth-century-england-there-was-a-practice-of-hiring-a/)

[David Grubbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grubbs/)

> [The word 'archive' seems so reassuring, but I have a lot ofconcern over the longevity of documentary materials.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grubbs/the-word-archive-seems-so-reassuring-but-i-have-a-lot-ofconcern-over/)

[David Grubbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grubbs/)

> [I don't write poetry for the page because my inclination in that area is satisfied by songwriting. "Ornamental Hermit" was a comparatively effortless song…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grubbs/i-don-t-write-poetry-for-the-page-because-my-inclination-in-that-area/)

[David Grubbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grubbs/)

> [The instrumental pieces are compositions, certainly, although that's not the language that I instinctively use. They're not scored, and arrangements are often arrived at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grubbs/the-instrumental-pieces-are-compositions-certainly-although-that-s/)

[David Grubbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grubbs/)

> [When I read John Cage's book Silence, I was growing up in Louisville, Kentucky. For me, records were a mode of time travel and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grubbs/when-i-read-john-cage-s-book-silence-i-was-growing-up-in-louisville/)

[David Grubbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grubbs/)

> [The word "archive" seems so reassuring, but I'm not sure about these things that are now being called archives. Is anything lost by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grubbs/the-word-archive-seems-so-reassuring-but-i-m-not-sure-about-these/)

[David Grubbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grubbs/)

> [As there are more online archives of improvised music, it becomes more like the daily practice of playing it. It lessens the idea of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grubbs/as-there-are-more-online-archives-of-improvised-music-it-becomes-more/)

[David Grubbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grubbs/)

> [Chance in music doesn't have to involve the I Ching or rolling dice or throwing yarrow stalks. It can involve an out-of-tune guitar, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grubbs/chance-in-music-doesn-t-have-to-involve-the-i-ching-or-rolling-dice/)

[David Grubbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grubbs/)

> [Otherwise the history just gets completely flattened out, and people imagine that everything was always available and accessible. One of the things that struck…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grubbs/otherwise-the-history-just-gets-completely-flattened-out-and-people/)

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