David Tudor

I've always felt that there's a point where a piece seems to be alive, that is, living. And that's the point where…

— David Tudor

I am perfectly willing for my music to exist with somebody else's taste.

— David Tudor

I persist in performing.

— David Tudor

Performing is very much like cooking: putting it all together, raising the temperature.

— David Tudor

Most electronic equipment uses the principle of amplification. You need filters, modulators and mixing equipment which have gain stages. By piling these…

— David Tudor

Take the classic experiment of using ordinary feedback: just take the output of something and feed it back into the input. Those…

— David Tudor

The basic notion was the idea that the loudspeaker should have a voice which was unique and not just an instrument of…

— David Tudor

If you put yourself in a situation of unpredictability and then find that it's completely possible to accept it, then you become…

— David Tudor

Loudspeakers should be made to be destroyed and... disposable.

— David Tudor

I've never been able to arouse any interest in myself for digitally produced sound, and so the computer turns me off.

— David Tudor