--- title: "2 Steel Quotes By Z'EV" description: "2 Steel quotes by Z'EV. Plus more from Z'EV and more Steel sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3db/z-ev-31789_bunch_i-started-working-with-synthesizer-playe_474559.jpg" --- > [I started working with synthesizer players, and I had to find new instruments. I needed a more complex sound, so I went to a surplus place and got a bunch of hard plastic stuff and stainless steel stuff, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/z-ev/i-started-working-with-synthesizer-players-and-i-had-to-find-new/) [Z'EV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/z-ev/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3db/z-ev-31789_bunch_i-started-working-with-synthesizer-playe_474559.jpg) > [Some of the stainless steel discs that I play, I cut myself from pieces of stainless steel that I found. I don't make as many as I used to, because you can't get into surplus and scrap yards as easily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/z-ev/some-of-the-stainless-steel-discs-that-i-play-i-cut-myself-from/) [Z'EV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/z-ev/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/z-ev-31789_cutting_some-of-the-stainless-steel-discs-that-i_2672452.jpg) ## Other authors on Steel ## More by Z'EV > [I don't want to see an experiment. Experiment at home - when you show up on stage, I want to see a result. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/z-ev/i-don-t-want-to-see-an-experiment-experiment-at-home-when-you-show-up/) [Z'EV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/z-ev/) > [I started working with synthesizer players, and I had to find new instruments. I needed a more complex sound, so I went to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/z-ev/i-started-working-with-synthesizer-players-and-i-had-to-find-new/) [Z'EV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/z-ev/) > [When I perform, it's definitely about duration. I don't play any kind of time signature known to man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/z-ev/when-i-perform-it-s-definitely-about-duration-i-don-t-play-any-kind/) [Z'EV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/z-ev/) > [I lose all track of time on that level. I used to have a really good sense of time. I didn't need a clock…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/z-ev/i-lose-all-track-of-time-on-that-level-i-used-to-have-a-really-good/) [Z'EV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/z-ev/) > [A lot of the people that I play with are electronic-based, so there isn't a direct physical analogue between what they're doing and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/z-ev/a-lot-of-the-people-that-i-play-with-are-electronic-based-so-there/) [Z'EV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/z-ev/) > [I don't really need new stuff anyway. I like to make big stuff, and it's too expensive to travel with. So I have my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/z-ev/i-don-t-really-need-new-stuff-anyway-i-like-to-make-big-stuff-and-it/) [Z'EV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/z-ev/) > [It's really hard to find materials. Also, prices of metal have gone completely through the roof, insanely expensive. And if you go to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/z-ev/it-s-really-hard-to-find-materials-also-prices-of-metal-have-gone/) [Z'EV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/z-ev/) > [You have to be loose enough so that when you listen to what's coming, you can follow it. In that sense I am improvising,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/z-ev/you-have-to-be-loose-enough-so-that-when-you-listen-to-what-s-coming/) [Z'EV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/z-ev/) > [In L.A., I called every scrap yard and surplus place that was listed, about 50 or 60 places, and only at one of them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/z-ev/in-l-a-i-called-every-scrap-yard-and-surplus-place-that-was-listed/) [Z'EV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/z-ev/) > [I'd been collecting different ethnic instruments here and there, and then I started making little bell type stuff, looking for weird little sound toys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/z-ev/i-d-been-collecting-different-ethnic-instruments-here-and-there-and/) [Z'EV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/z-ev/) > [Some of the stainless steel discs that I play, I cut myself from pieces of stainless steel that I found. I don't make as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/z-ev/some-of-the-stainless-steel-discs-that-i-play-i-cut-myself-from/) [Z'EV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/z-ev/) > [The majority of my training was as a drummer, and drummers are basically accompanists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/z-ev/the-majority-of-my-training-was-as-a-drummer-and-drummers-are/) [Z'EV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/z-ev/) > [When I was playing with synth players, I was still within a conceptual framework of playing music. When I started playing solo, I became…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/z-ev/when-i-was-playing-with-synth-players-i-was-still-within-a-conceptual/) [Z'EV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/z-ev/) > [I really like accompanying. I like working with vocalists, I've worked with a lot of poets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/z-ev/i-really-like-accompanying-i-like-working-with-vocalists-i-ve-worked/) [Z'EV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/z-ev/) > [I've always been interested in finding out more about the properties of acoustics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/z-ev/i-ve-always-been-interested-in-finding-out-more-about-the-properties/) [Z'EV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/z-ev/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/steel/z-ev/#itemlist", "name": "2 Steel Quotes By Z'EV", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I started working with synthesizer players, and I had to find new instruments. I needed a more complex sound, so I went to a surplus place and got a bunch of hard plastic stuff and stainless steel stuff, and that stuff worked. 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