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title: "1 Learned Want Quotes By Evan Parker"
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> [I've been to the studio several times, and it's not that I'm not happy with what I've got, but each time I come away, I feel that I've learned something that I want to work on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-parker/i-ve-been-to-the-studio-several-times-and-it-s-not-that-i-m-not-happy/)

[Evan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-parker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b9/evan-parker-19596_feel_i-ve-been-to-the-studio-several-times-an_2259699.png)

## More by Evan Parker

> [I think the solo playing, the decision to start playing solo, came out of having discovered what lay behind the doors that that technique…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-parker/i-think-the-solo-playing-the-decision-to-start-playing-solo-came-out/)

[Evan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-parker/)

> [But I think the record will actually come from tapes that are not yet recorded.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-parker/but-i-think-the-record-will-actually-come-from-tapes-that-are-not-yet/)

[Evan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-parker/)

> [In my mind these two instruments speak to me in different ways, and the solo stuff seems to be easier to do on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-parker/in-my-mind-these-two-instruments-speak-to-me-in-different-ways-and/)

[Evan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-parker/)

> [So I'm looking to the saxophone as a resource which has its own unique set of possibilities. I'm looking to exploit them and develop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-parker/so-i-m-looking-to-the-saxophone-as-a-resource-which-has-its-own/)

[Evan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-parker/)

> [I think the voice does that perfectly adequately without being imitated by other instruments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-parker/i-think-the-voice-does-that-perfectly-adequately-without-being/)

[Evan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-parker/)

> [If I think about the way I was drawn into the music, it was much more by recordings than by live performances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-parker/if-i-think-about-the-way-i-was-drawn-into-the-music-it-was-much-more/)

[Evan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-parker/)

> [So what starts is ad hoc and you never know where it's going to lead, so it's important to keep an open mind about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-parker/so-what-starts-is-ad-hoc-and-you-never-know-where-it-s-going-to-lead/)

[Evan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-parker/)

> [Of course I knew the work of Roland Kirk and Harry Carney and the specific uses they would make of circular breathing, so I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-parker/of-course-i-knew-the-work-of-roland-kirk-and-harry-carney-and-the/)

[Evan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-parker/)

> [Certain kinds of speed, flow, intensity, density of attacks, density of interaction... Music that concentrates on those qualities is, I think, easier achieved by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-parker/certain-kinds-of-speed-flow-intensity-density-of-attacks-density-of/)

[Evan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-parker/)

> [Improvisation is a compositional method.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-parker/improvisation-is-a-compositional-method/)

[Evan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-parker/)

> [To speak about notation as the only way that you can guarantee structure of course is already very suspect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-parker/to-speak-about-notation-as-the-only-way-that-you-can-guarantee/)

[Evan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-parker/)

> [When you add a period of 25 years between the playing and the listening, then the whole question of meaning gets very complicated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-parker/when-you-add-a-period-of-25-years-between-the-playing-and-the/)

[Evan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-parker/)

> [Of course when people are as talented as Jim O'Rourke or Gene Coleman, pretty soon you know that they're going to be part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-parker/of-course-when-people-are-as-talented-as-jim-o-rourke-or-gene-coleman/)

[Evan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-parker/)

> [There's an institution here called the National Sound Archive, and there's a character who works there, Paul Wilson. He takes a very special interest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-parker/there-s-an-institution-here-called-the-national-sound-archive-and/)

[Evan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-parker/)

> [The argument we always used to use was that keeping records in the catalog was good for people that were coming new to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-parker/the-argument-we-always-used-to-use-was-that-keeping-records-in-the/)

[Evan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-parker/)

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