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> [There's some ambient music that doesn't do anything. I wouldn't say that that's narrative. It is narrative in that it creates a sort of world where nothing happens, where really nothing happens, so you become a different person after hearing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/there-s-some-ambient-music-that-doesn-t-do-anything-i-wouldn-t-say/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

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## Other authors on Ambient

## More by Missy Mazzoli

> [I think there's just been this "thing" that's developed, this way that we have of talking about our music that alienates people. And I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/i-think-there-s-just-been-this-thing-that-s-developed-this-way-that/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

> [If the music is good, and if it makes sense as a strong structure and as a drama, and things happen as a result…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/if-the-music-is-good-and-if-it-makes-sense-as-a-strong-structure-and/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

> [Of course I love when people are quiet, but I also love when people are comfortable. I love when people emote. The flip side…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/of-course-i-love-when-people-are-quiet-but-i-also-love-when-people/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

> [I don't think anyone listening to my music needs any special knowledge. They don't need to have a background in contemporary music. They don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/i-don-t-think-anyone-listening-to-my-music-needs-any-special/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

> [The goal is that people will find something of themselves in it. But you don't need to know what a hexachord is! You don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/the-goal-is-that-people-will-find-something-of-themselves-in-it-but/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

> [Sometimes you feel some artists are doing the same thing that you're doing but in a different field. But they have the same approach.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/sometimes-you-feel-some-artists-are-doing-the-same-thing-that-you-re/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

> [I have this ideal listener, as John Cage did. This listener doesn't bring expectations that my music will fit into some part of music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/i-have-this-ideal-listener-as-john-cage-did-this-listener-doesn-t/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

> [There are some superficial things that connect me to the stream. There's instrumentation, there's timbre, use of electronics, the way that samples are used,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/there-are-some-superficial-things-that-connect-me-to-the-stream-there/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

> [There's some ambient music that doesn't do anything. I wouldn't say that that's narrative. It is narrative in that it creates a sort of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/there-s-some-ambient-music-that-doesn-t-do-anything-i-wouldn-t-say/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

> [I feel like there's not this black-and-white division between concert hall music and music that bands play in a bar. I don't know if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/i-feel-like-there-s-not-this-black-and-white-division-between-concert/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

> [I write my music with the idea that it will appeal to all of those people, and I want them to go in with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/i-write-my-music-with-the-idea-that-it-will-appeal-to-all-of-those/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

> [It's only when it's smoothed out by history and we try to make sense of it - this incredibly complicated period when everyone's doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/it-s-only-when-it-s-smoothed-out-by-history-and-we-try-to-make-sense/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

> [I'm not religious, but I've always been attracted to the rituals of religion; as a kid, Sunday church was the closest thing I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/i-m-not-religious-but-i-ve-always-been-attracted-to-the-rituals-of/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

> [ I don't think that those things \[so called common practice\] ever truly existed in the way that we like to believe that they do,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/i-don-t-think-that-those-things-so-called-common-practice-ever-truly/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

> [I want my music to be something that people use in order to access parts of themselves. So in that sense, every piece I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/i-want-my-music-to-be-something-that-people-use-in-order-to-access/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

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