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> [The magic of playing has to do with how much everyone wants it to succeed. If you have five players in a situation where the music is being improvised and one is determined it is not going to succeed, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dixon/the-magic-of-playing-has-to-do-with-how-much-everyone-wants-it-to/)

[Bill Dixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dixon/)

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## More by Bill Dixon

> [If you are you, 24 hours a day, then you do not have to remember who you are supposed to be in different situations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dixon/if-you-are-you-24-hours-a-day-then-you-do-not-have-to-remember-who/)

[Bill Dixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dixon/)

> [I think people who sample are cheating. It is like people who do collages. Use all of your own stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dixon/i-think-people-who-sample-are-cheating-it-is-like-people-who-do/)

[Bill Dixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dixon/)

> [I have been using delay and reverberation since the middle 1960s. I use them to make what is almost inaudible to the ear, audible.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dixon/i-have-been-using-delay-and-reverberation-since-the-middle-1960s-i/)

[Bill Dixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dixon/)

> [Whatever I do, I attempt to do it fully. I try, and don't always succeed, to be thorough. There are musicians who do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dixon/whatever-i-do-i-attempt-to-do-it-fully-i-try-and-don-t-always-succeed/)

[Bill Dixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dixon/)

> [I do not, as a rule, do encores. When I have finished playing, I have indeed finished playing. I have nothing left; there has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dixon/i-do-not-as-a-rule-do-encores-when-i-have-finished-playing-i-have/)

[Bill Dixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dixon/)

> [The magic of playing has to do with how much everyone wants it to succeed. If you have five players in a situation where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dixon/the-magic-of-playing-has-to-do-with-how-much-everyone-wants-it-to/)

[Bill Dixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dixon/)

> [Most of my recorded material has been in small group configurations. I have not released large orchestral works as recordings because it hasn't been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dixon/most-of-my-recorded-material-has-been-in-small-group-configurations-i/)

[Bill Dixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dixon/)

> [In the middle 1940s... I heard everyone live. Painting, the theater; everything was happening. It was an exciting time when New York was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dixon/in-the-middle-1940s-i-heard-everyone-live-painting-the-theater/)

[Bill Dixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dixon/)

> [My career has been different from most people, but I knew what I was not going to do. I knew I was not going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dixon/my-career-has-been-different-from-most-people-but-i-knew-what-i-was/)

[Bill Dixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dixon/)

> [Rock musicians, and a vast array of popular-music musicians, due to their wealth, acquired through the mass of their notoriety, are able to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dixon/rock-musicians-and-a-vast-array-of-popular-music-musicians-due-to/)

[Bill Dixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dixon/)

> [When Coltrane died, a void appeared in this music that has not been filled yet. He maintained a forward motion in his work and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dixon/when-coltrane-died-a-void-appeared-in-this-music-that-has-not-been/)

[Bill Dixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dixon/)

> [If I produce it, I will stage it as a performance. A small audience will be invited; rehearsals of the sections will be done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dixon/if-i-produce-it-i-will-stage-it-as-a-performance-a-small-audience/)

[Bill Dixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dixon/)

> [Whether I get adequate attention or not, people here do know the work I have been doing systematically and without compromise for over 40…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dixon/whether-i-get-adequate-attention-or-not-people-here-do-know-the-work/)

[Bill Dixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dixon/)

> [Fear is the biggest motivator.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dixon/fear-is-the-biggest-motivator/)

[Bill Dixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dixon/)

> [While everyone has a right to his or her opinion, the people who are informed have more of a right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dixon/while-everyone-has-a-right-to-his-or-her-opinion-the-people-who-are/)

[Bill Dixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dixon/)

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