Somehow in the 20th Century an idea has developed that music is an activity or skill which is not comprehensible to the man in the street. This is an arrogant assertion and not necessarily a true one. — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
As I had collaborated with visual artists before whether on installations, on performance pieces, in the context of theatre works and as I had… — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
When Philip Glass asked me if I would be interested in doing a new recording of Jesus' Blood he assumed that I would do… — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
I've heard though that there is a younger generation of tonal French composers who are reacting with vigour. — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
Like an apparently strict musical form it breaks the five minute whole into its structural parts - a descriptive preamble, the action of taking… — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
Similarly you can make a transition from one set of instruments to another imperceptibly. — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
The project which we developed, however, was for a sound piece and I was initially curious that a sculptor should be interested in working… — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
The academic area of new music or modern music festivals is not something which attracts me at all. — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
The virtuoso element in jazz playing, all those very fast runs in the upper extremes, simply doesn't appeal to me. That's why I don't… — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
There's another way of making music, by touching the lives and feelings of ordinary people. — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
I currently spend a lot of time thinking about orchestration and every detail of a piece. — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
I work very fast, keeping the ideas flowing but making sure they come out the way I intended. — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
