“The work of art always requires us to adapt to it—and in this manner can be distinguished from escapism or shallow entertainment, which instead aims to adapt to the audience, to give the public exactly what it wants. We can… — Ted Gioia Copy Share Image
“Art and disease proliferate via contagion, and similar conditions favor both.” — Ted Gioia Copy Share Image
“In America, music was the first sphere of social interaction in which racial barriers were challenged and overturned. And the challenge went both ways:… — Ted Gioia Copy Share Image
“As recently as the twentieth century, some cultures retained religious prohibitions asserting the “uncleanliness” of believers eating at the same table as musicians.” — Ted Gioia Copy Share Image
“By the way, this tells you why Auto-Tuned vocals on many contemporary records sound so shallow and lifeless. It’s almost as if everything we… — Ted Gioia Copy Share Image
“In every sphere of social interaction, that hermeneutic leap—that ability to put yourself in the mind frame of the other—is a virtue and a… — Ted Gioia Copy Share Image
“The role of these New Orleans Creoles in the development of jazz remains one of the least understood and most commonly mis-represented issues in… — Ted Gioia Copy Share Image
“When stealing from other players, an older musician wisely advised me, choose a different instrument from your own, and people won’t notice the theft.” — Ted Gioia Copy Share Image
“The work of art always requires us to adapt to it—and in this manner can be distinguished from escapism or shallow entertainment, which instead… — Ted Gioia Copy Share Image
