I think I know what my bandmates like or are interested in or would be interested in doing. I take ideas and I develop them, get rid of some ideas, keep writing, and then new things come up. — John Dieterich Copy Share Image
That's just the way people's brains work. If you want to talk about something, you have to reduce it to a form that can… — John Dieterich Copy Share Image
When I dream about music, or think about music, by myself, I try to be as free as possible and allow my creative mind… — John Dieterich Copy Share Image
Some of my favorite music is incredibly repetitive, or on the surface has an element of repetition. But once you go beneath the surface,… — John Dieterich Copy Share Image
I'm pretty resigned to the fact that I never hear music the way anyone else does, and I no longer find it surprising. — John Dieterich Copy Share Image
When I joined the band I was coming largely from an improvising background, and the idea of a fluid rhythm that was really coherent… — John Dieterich Copy Share Image
For me, the voice expresses things that there are just no other ways to express. — John Dieterich Copy Share Image
I make sure to hold onto everything, even the stuff I've gotten rid of, because if there's one thing I've learned about the band… — John Dieterich Copy Share Image
I think I know what my bandmates like or are interested in or would be interested in doing. I take ideas and I develop… — John Dieterich Copy Share Image
Any material can be treated in any number of ways. Sometimes I might hear something, or someone else might hear something, and say, "Wow,… — John Dieterich Copy Share Image
There's something bigger than improvised music versus pop music versus something else. What actually succeeds in being communicated are human feelings, things that people… — John Dieterich Copy Share Image
I can talk about feelings, but I can't talk about why this chord on top of this chord sounds cool to me. It just… — John Dieterich Copy Share Image
