“In America, music was the first sphere of social interaction in which racial barriers were challenged and overturned. And the challenge went both ways: by the mid-1920s, white bands were playing for all-black audiences at Lincoln Theater and elsewhere. These… — Ted Gioia Copy Share Image
“Art and disease proliferate via contagion, and similar conditions favor both.” — Ted Gioia Copy Share Image
“In America, music was the first sphere of social interaction in which racial barriers were challenged and overturned. And the challenge went both ways:… — Ted Gioia Copy Share Image
“As recently as the twentieth century, some cultures retained religious prohibitions asserting the “uncleanliness” of believers eating at the same table as musicians.” — Ted Gioia Copy Share Image
“By the way, this tells you why Auto-Tuned vocals on many contemporary records sound so shallow and lifeless. It’s almost as if everything we… — Ted Gioia Copy Share Image
“In every sphere of social interaction, that hermeneutic leap—that ability to put yourself in the mind frame of the other—is a virtue and a… — Ted Gioia Copy Share Image
“The role of these New Orleans Creoles in the development of jazz remains one of the least understood and most commonly mis-represented issues in… — Ted Gioia Copy Share Image
“When stealing from other players, an older musician wisely advised me, choose a different instrument from your own, and people won’t notice the theft.” — Ted Gioia Copy Share Image
“The work of art always requires us to adapt to it—and in this manner can be distinguished from escapism or shallow entertainment, which instead… — Ted Gioia Copy Share Image
