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> [I have this ideal listener, as John Cage did. This listener doesn't bring expectations that my music will fit into some part of music history, or that it will do any particular thing. This listener is just open to listening.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/i-have-this-ideal-listener-as-john-cage-did-this-listener-doesn-t/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

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## More by Missy Mazzoli

> [I think there's just been this "thing" that's developed, this way that we have of talking about our music that alienates people. And I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/i-think-there-s-just-been-this-thing-that-s-developed-this-way-that/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

> [If the music is good, and if it makes sense as a strong structure and as a drama, and things happen as a result…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/if-the-music-is-good-and-if-it-makes-sense-as-a-strong-structure-and/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

> [Of course I love when people are quiet, but I also love when people are comfortable. I love when people emote. The flip side…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/of-course-i-love-when-people-are-quiet-but-i-also-love-when-people/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

> [I don't think anyone listening to my music needs any special knowledge. They don't need to have a background in contemporary music. They don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/i-don-t-think-anyone-listening-to-my-music-needs-any-special/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

> [The goal is that people will find something of themselves in it. But you don't need to know what a hexachord is! You don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/the-goal-is-that-people-will-find-something-of-themselves-in-it-but/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

> [Sometimes you feel some artists are doing the same thing that you're doing but in a different field. But they have the same approach.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/sometimes-you-feel-some-artists-are-doing-the-same-thing-that-you-re/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

> [I have this ideal listener, as John Cage did. This listener doesn't bring expectations that my music will fit into some part of music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/i-have-this-ideal-listener-as-john-cage-did-this-listener-doesn-t/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

> [There are some superficial things that connect me to the stream. There's instrumentation, there's timbre, use of electronics, the way that samples are used,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/there-are-some-superficial-things-that-connect-me-to-the-stream-there/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

> [There's some ambient music that doesn't do anything. I wouldn't say that that's narrative. It is narrative in that it creates a sort of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/there-s-some-ambient-music-that-doesn-t-do-anything-i-wouldn-t-say/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

> [I feel like there's not this black-and-white division between concert hall music and music that bands play in a bar. I don't know if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/i-feel-like-there-s-not-this-black-and-white-division-between-concert/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

> [I write my music with the idea that it will appeal to all of those people, and I want them to go in with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/i-write-my-music-with-the-idea-that-it-will-appeal-to-all-of-those/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

> [It's only when it's smoothed out by history and we try to make sense of it - this incredibly complicated period when everyone's doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/it-s-only-when-it-s-smoothed-out-by-history-and-we-try-to-make-sense/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

> [I'm not religious, but I've always been attracted to the rituals of religion; as a kid, Sunday church was the closest thing I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/i-m-not-religious-but-i-ve-always-been-attracted-to-the-rituals-of/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

> [ I don't think that those things \[so called common practice\] ever truly existed in the way that we like to believe that they do,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/i-don-t-think-that-those-things-so-called-common-practice-ever-truly/)

[Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missy-mazzoli/)

> [I want my music to be something that people use in order to access parts of themselves. So in that sense, every piece I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missy-mazzoli/i-want-my-music-to-be-something-that-people-use-in-order-to-access/)

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