I think there's just been this "thing" that's developed, this way that we have of talking about our music that alienates people. And I fall into that too! I learned that in graduate school. You just talk about your music in a specific way, and that separates people from you. But some composers like that. Schoenberg liked that. He wanted… — Missy Mazzoli Copy Share
I write my music with the idea that it will appeal to all of those people, and I want them to go… — Missy Mazzoli Copy Share Image
I want my music to be something that people use in order to access parts of themselves. So in that sense, every… — Missy Mazzoli Copy Share Image
For me, writing music is a way of processing the world. It's not a concrete thing, as in, "This piece is about… — Missy Mazzoli Copy Share Image
I think there's just been this "thing" that's developed, this way that we have of talking about our music that alienates people. And I fall into that too! I learned that in graduate school. You just talk about your music in a specific way, and that separates people from you. But some composers like that. Schoenberg liked that. He wanted… — Missy Mazzoli Copy Share
If the music is good, and if it makes sense as a strong structure and as a drama, and things happen as a result… — Missy Mazzoli Copy Share Image
Of course I love when people are quiet, but I also love when people are comfortable. I love when people emote. The flip side of having a totally silent audience is that they're less likely to react to you in the space, and I think that's one of the great things about performing live: you get energy from the audience,… — Missy Mazzoli Copy Share
I don't think anyone listening to my music needs any special knowledge. They don't need to have a background in contemporary music. They don't… — Missy Mazzoli Copy Share Image
The goal is that people will find something of themselves in it. But you don't need to know what a hexachord is! You don't… — Missy Mazzoli Copy Share Image
Sometimes you feel some artists are doing the same thing that you're doing but in a different field. But they have the same approach.… — Missy Mazzoli Copy Share Image
I have this ideal listener, as John Cage did. This listener doesn't bring expectations that my music will fit into some part of music… — Missy Mazzoli Copy Share Image
There are some superficial things that connect me to the stream. There's instrumentation, there's timbre, use of electronics, the way that samples are used,… — Missy Mazzoli Copy Share Image
There's some ambient music that doesn't do anything. I wouldn't say that that's narrative. It is narrative in that it creates a sort of… — Missy Mazzoli Copy Share Image
I feel like there's not this black-and-white division between concert hall music and music that bands play in a bar. I don't know if… — Missy Mazzoli Copy Share Image
I write my music with the idea that it will appeal to all of those people, and I want them to go in with… — Missy Mazzoli Copy Share Image
It's only when it's smoothed out by history and we try to make sense of it - this incredibly complicated period when everyone's doing… — Missy Mazzoli Copy Share Image
