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title: "1 Young Music Quotes By Derek Bailey"
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> [Younger players in this music often turn out to be middle aged; it is not a young music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-bailey/younger-players-in-this-music-often-turn-out-to-be-middle-aged-it-is/)

[Derek Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-bailey/)

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## More by Derek Bailey

> [For me, Company is still the best way for me to work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-bailey/for-me-company-is-still-the-best-way-for-me-to-work/)

[Derek Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-bailey/)

> [I have always been attracted to the cottage industry side of this business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-bailey/i-have-always-been-attracted-to-the-cottage-industry-side-of-this/)

[Derek Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-bailey/)

> [Playing music is not really susceptible to theory much. Circumstances affect it so much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-bailey/playing-music-is-not-really-susceptible-to-theory-much-circumstances/)

[Derek Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-bailey/)

> [I think the blues is fine for blues players, but free blues has never made much sense to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-bailey/i-think-the-blues-is-fine-for-blues-players-but-free-blues-has-never/)

[Derek Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-bailey/)

> [Undeniably, the audience for improvisation, good or bad, active or passive, sympathetic or hostile, has a power that no other audience has. It can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-bailey/undeniably-the-audience-for-improvisation-good-or-bad-active-or/)

[Derek Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-bailey/)

> [In fact its quite gratifying for me to see some of the people who really objected to this method of working now being quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-bailey/in-fact-its-quite-gratifying-for-me-to-see-some-of-the-people-who/)

[Derek Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-bailey/)

> [Free improvisation, in addition to being a highly skilled musical craft, is open to use by almost anyone--beginners, children, and non-musicians…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-bailey/free-improvisation-in-addition-to-being-a-highly-skilled-musical/)

[Derek Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-bailey/)

> [Nowadays, I really like playing in studios.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-bailey/nowadays-i-really-like-playing-in-studios/)

[Derek Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-bailey/)

> [Even if it is difficult playing with other people - sometimes it's great, sometimes it isn't, but that is kind of the point of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-bailey/even-if-it-is-difficult-playing-with-other-people-sometimes-it-s/)

[Derek Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-bailey/)

> [Personally, I've found that the kind of thing that I like is going into somebody else's area and not playing their music but doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-bailey/personally-i-ve-found-that-the-kind-of-thing-that-i-like-is-going/)

[Derek Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-bailey/)

> [Younger players in this music often turn out to be middle aged; it is not a young music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-bailey/younger-players-in-this-music-often-turn-out-to-be-middle-aged-it-is/)

[Derek Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-bailey/)

> [Diversity is its most consistent characteristic…The characteristics of freely improvised music are established only by the sonic-musical identity of the person or persons playing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-bailey/diversity-is-its-most-consistent-characteristic-the-characteristics/)

[Derek Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-bailey/)

> [Solo concerts are murder, I find; I don't like doing them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-bailey/solo-concerts-are-murder-i-find-i-don-t-like-doing-them/)

[Derek Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-bailey/)

> [I am reactive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-bailey/i-am-reactive/)

[Derek Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-bailey/)

> [I don't research anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-bailey/i-don-t-research-anything/)

[Derek Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-bailey/)

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