Music Quotes by Roscoe Mitchell

I remember times when the whole music scene was just flourishing.

— Roscoe Mitchell

What I try to impart to a musician is to really try to practice the instrument in a really sincere way. Learn as much…

— Roscoe Mitchell

I just consider myself a student, trying to learn more about it.

— Roscoe Mitchell

I felt that I had been influenced by being in the city enough and I wanted to go off by myself to see what…

— Roscoe Mitchell

I've always been interested in shaping music in odd ways, with odd riffs and that's been probably something that I've continued on with my…

— Roscoe Mitchell

I'm approaching a period in my life though where I'd like to be totally absorbed into music, doing concerts, writing something. Basically, that IS…

— Roscoe Mitchell

You have to know composition to be a good improviser.

— Roscoe Mitchell

I always try to think of a vocabulary to match different musical situations.

— Roscoe Mitchell

If you listen to nature, all the sounds are done in a confident way. I'm trying to do that.

— Roscoe Mitchell

I like to hear melodies that go from one extreme to the next- saxophone to a bell to a whistle, for instance.

— Roscoe Mitchell

I don't like to box myself in when I'm composing.

— Roscoe Mitchell