Bill Laswell

Miles Davis fully embraced possibilities and delved into it. He was criticized heavily from the jazz side. He was supposed to be…

— Bill Laswell

Ambient means the natural center or atmosphere of a space. All music has that in it- a space or center. I think…

— Bill Laswell

Engineering producers who don't play and have technology as a background may be the reason why there's a lot of cold non-musical…

— Bill Laswell

The atmosphere defines the environment of sound.

— Bill Laswell

I don't think technology is viable unless the person applying it has something to say.

— Bill Laswell

I put projects together. I put people together.

— Bill Laswell

I think everything's experimental whether you like it or not. I think that people who do generic pop are experimenting with cliches.…

— Bill Laswell

I think if you look at exactly where you are, you can't really focus without looking back and forward at the same…

— Bill Laswell

What I'm dealing with is sound. I don't pretend to be dealing with music. I'm just dealing with sound elements, textures and…

— Bill Laswell

Nothing was a style first. Everything started as an idea. A guy did something with an idea. Someone copied him. Some copied…

— Bill Laswell

I've never used ethnic music as decoration for profit.

— Bill Laswell

People are afraid of things they don't understand.

— Bill Laswell

In all the music that deals with experimental repetition, drum and bass, dub, various kinds of house music, there's always been a…

— Bill Laswell

People who play conventional music are threatened by electronica and don't consider it to be as valuable as what they do.

— Bill Laswell

If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished,…

— Bill Laswell

Computers and electronic music are not the opposite of the warm human music. It's exactly the same.

— Bill Laswell

Obviously, it's had a huge effect on repetitive music or dance music or house music. Ambient in the last ten years has…

— Bill Laswell

Sound comes out of a life experience.

— Bill Laswell

Records are just moments of achievement. They're like receipts for work done. Time goes on and people keep playing music.

— Bill Laswell

People are afraid of things they don't understand. They don't know how to relate. It threatens their security, their existence, their career,…

— Bill Laswell

I got into dub a long time ago. I was into dub before I even had any interest in reggae or Jamaican…

— Bill Laswell