I started the label Tzadik to support an entire community of musicians, not just Jewish musicians. But the radical Jewish culture movement was begun in a lot of ways because I wanted to take the idea that Jewish music equals… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
I have no doubts. I know what gets in the way and I know what encourages me to do more work. — John Zorn Copy Share Image
I was always an outsider, proud of being an outsider. I always reveled in the outsiders. — John Zorn Copy Share Image
I have art. I have music. I have the history, this legacy behind me that I can look up to. This is what I… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
You can't sit down and write 300 compositions in a three-month period and think that you're doing it all by yourself. Obviously, there's something… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I started Tzadik, which is my own label, is to keep things in print. I got tired of labels dropping… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
That is a lot of the reason I do what I do, to really spread the word and spread information and turn people onto… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
I feel like there are messages. I feel like there are angels. I feel that there is a legacy and an energy. And I… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
I don't ascribe to the idea of the ivory tower composer who sits alone in a room composing his masterpieces and then comes down… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
Well, in Japan, I have got a group of musicians that I have worked with a lot, that concentrate just on the hardcore stuff,… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way — John Zorn Copy Share Image
