---
title: "1 Music Festivals Quotes By Gavin Bryars"
description: "1 Music Festivals quotes by Gavin Bryars. Plus more from Gavin Bryars and more Music Festivals sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fd/gavin-bryars-22922_academic_the-academic-area-of-new-music-or-modern_1494144.jpg"
---

> [The academic area of new music or modern music festivals is not something which attracts me at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-bryars/the-academic-area-of-new-music-or-modern-music-festivals-is-not/)

[Gavin Bryars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-bryars/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fd/gavin-bryars-22922_academic_the-academic-area-of-new-music-or-modern_1494144.jpg)

## More by Gavin Bryars

> [As I had collaborated with visual artists before whether on installations, on performance pieces, in the context of theatre works and as I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-bryars/as-i-had-collaborated-with-visual-artists-before-whether-on/)

[Gavin Bryars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-bryars/)

> [When Philip Glass asked me if I would be interested in doing a new recording of Jesus' Blood he assumed that I would do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-bryars/when-philip-glass-asked-me-if-i-would-be-interested-in-doing-a-new/)

[Gavin Bryars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-bryars/)

> [I've heard though that there is a younger generation of tonal French composers who are reacting with vigour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-bryars/i-ve-heard-though-that-there-is-a-younger-generation-of-tonal-french/)

[Gavin Bryars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-bryars/)

> [Like an apparently strict musical form it breaks the five minute whole into its structural parts - a descriptive preamble, the action of taking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-bryars/like-an-apparently-strict-musical-form-it-breaks-the-five-minute/)

[Gavin Bryars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-bryars/)

> [Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-bryars/music-history-has-flowed-under-the-bridges-for-many-years/)

[Gavin Bryars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-bryars/)

> [Similarly you can make a transition from one set of instruments to another imperceptibly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-bryars/similarly-you-can-make-a-transition-from-one-set-of-instruments-to/)

[Gavin Bryars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-bryars/)

> [The project which we developed, however, was for a sound piece and I was initially curious that a sculptor should be interested in working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-bryars/the-project-which-we-developed-however-was-for-a-sound-piece-and-i/)

[Gavin Bryars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-bryars/)

> [The academic area of new music or modern music festivals is not something which attracts me at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-bryars/the-academic-area-of-new-music-or-modern-music-festivals-is-not/)

[Gavin Bryars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-bryars/)

> [The virtuoso element in jazz playing, all those very fast runs in the upper extremes, simply doesn't appeal to me. That's why I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-bryars/the-virtuoso-element-in-jazz-playing-all-those-very-fast-runs-in-the/)

[Gavin Bryars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-bryars/)

> [There's another way of making music, by touching the lives and feelings of ordinary people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-bryars/there-s-another-way-of-making-music-by-touching-the-lives-and/)

[Gavin Bryars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-bryars/)

> [I currently spend a lot of time thinking about orchestration and every detail of a piece.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-bryars/i-currently-spend-a-lot-of-time-thinking-about-orchestration-and/)

[Gavin Bryars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-bryars/)

> [I work very fast, keeping the ideas flowing but making sure they come out the way I intended.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-bryars/i-work-very-fast-keeping-the-ideas-flowing-but-making-sure-they-come/)

[Gavin Bryars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-bryars/)

> [Writing tonal music now, you are not writing into the 19th Century.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-bryars/writing-tonal-music-now-you-are-not-writing-into-the-19th-century/)

[Gavin Bryars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-bryars/)

> [I have friends who have a CD mastering plant in Hollywood and they are very sceptical about European record labels' understanding of digital technology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-bryars/i-have-friends-who-have-a-cd-mastering-plant-in-hollywood-and-they/)

[Gavin Bryars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-bryars/)

> [Craft is part of the creative process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-bryars/craft-is-part-of-the-creative-process/)

[Gavin Bryars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-bryars/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music-festivals/gavin-bryars/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Music Festivals Quotes By Gavin Bryars",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "The academic area of new music or modern music festivals is not something which attracts me at all.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Gavin Bryars"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-bryars/the-academic-area-of-new-music-or-modern-music-festivals-is-not/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fd/gavin-bryars-22922_academic_the-academic-area-of-new-music-or-modern_1494144.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fd/gavin-bryars-22922_academic_the-academic-area-of-new-music-or-modern_1494144.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fd/gavin-bryars-22922_academic_the-academic-area-of-new-music-or-modern_1494144.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“The academic area of new music or modern music festivals is not something which attracts me at all.” — Gavin Bryars",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music-festivals/gavin-bryars/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music-festivals/gavin-bryars/",
            "name": "Music Festivals Quotes by Gavin Bryars",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music-festivals/gavin-bryars/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fd/gavin-bryars-22922_academic_the-academic-area-of-new-music-or-modern_1494144.jpg"
            },
            "description": "1 Music Festivals quotes by Gavin Bryars. Plus more from Gavin Bryars and more Music Festivals sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music-festivals/gavin-bryars/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music-festivals/gavin-bryars/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Music Festivals",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music-festivals/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Gavin Bryars",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music-festivals/gavin-bryars/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```