(There is) art that states the problems of society and wakes people up to make changes in their lives or in their communities,...art that offers an alternative, that demonstrates human behavior that can become a model for creativity, cooperation, freedom… — Meredith Monk Copy Share Image
Yes, the more I go through life I realize that there's really no separation between practice and art at all. The two things more… — Meredith Monk Copy Share Image
Sometimes in the past when I was going to perform a piece again I would listen to old recordings and try to reproduce the… — Meredith Monk Copy Share Image
I work in between the cracks, where the voice starts dancing, where the body starts singing, where theater becomes cinema. — Meredith Monk Copy Share Image
As artists, I think that one of the good qualities we have is that we're imaginative. We're resourceful. We like challenges. — Meredith Monk Copy Share Image
That inner voice has both gentleness and clarity. So to get to authenticity, you really keep going down to the bone, to the honesty,… — Meredith Monk Copy Share Image
I somehow sensed when I was a teenager that I wanted to do my own work. I was quite clear that I didn't want… — Meredith Monk Copy Share Image
My partner sometimes liked to go into the studio and improvise voice things just for fun. When I returned from England I transcribed one… — Meredith Monk Copy Share Image
It's been a continuity right from the beginning - that longing to weave together perceptions, to affirm the richness of us as human beings… — Meredith Monk Copy Share Image
My music is very, very precise. It's very rigorous. The forms are much more intricate than you would imagine. — Meredith Monk Copy Share Image
