My solo music - I get up onstage, I improvise and it's my improvisation. When I get up onstage with Fred Frith… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
Music is about people for me. It's not about sounds. It's about people; it's about putting people into challenging situations. And for… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
For about seven years. I really like it there. There are a lot of great musicians. The scene is very open. A… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
I used to look at composing music as problem solving. But as I get older, it's not about problem solving anymore. There… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
I don't control it at all. It's all up to the musicians in the group. They control it. They make all the… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
I run around, I listen to a lot of music, go to a lot of concerts. And when I see someone that… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
Great musicians accept everything that they hear and find something good. They take what they like and they throw away what they… — 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… — 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… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
I started the label Tzadik to support an entire community of musicians, not just Jewish musicians. But the radical Jewish culture movement… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
The magic that you find in surf music, I think, is really timeless. You know, when I was very young, I was… — 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
