Jherek Bischoff

Usually when you're playing with other people in not such a reverberant room, you have to be quick on your feet and…

— Jherek Bischoff

Writing for chamber ensemble is the thing that excites me the most. So when I went down into the cistern, I didn't…

— Jherek Bischoff

I was going to say is that I come from a rock background, but also I was super interested in jazz for…

— Jherek Bischoff

Arranging is sort of the most exciting part of making music right now for me. I really enjoy the process of arranging…

— Jherek Bischoff

I guess travelling that kind of long distance and travelling at such a slow pace, it wasn't something that I was thinking…

— Jherek Bischoff

I can start playing ukulele and then I'll go to a note that I think will be there, but because of the…

— Jherek Bischoff

It's kind of like being a writer in the sense that you always hear other writers say, 'Well, the best way to…

— Jherek Bischoff

People always say that music is a universal language. It was very, very true. We could show up anywhere with any people…

— Jherek Bischoff

Of course, right away I got more interested in the far-out jazz than the traditional jazz, so I quickly was turned onto…

— Jherek Bischoff

I remember being on Hawaii when I sailed to Hawaii. It felt unsettling to be walking around there because I was thinking,…

— Jherek Bischoff

One interesting thing - I play bass and guitar and stuff like that. I know those instruments really well. But I don't…

— Jherek Bischoff

I did one year of school and I was doing correspondence school, which was actually another happy accident. Correspondence school is basically…

— Jherek Bischoff

The amazing thing about the cistern is that, if you're improvising in a dead room, you play your note and then you're…

— Jherek Bischoff

Being raised on a boat felt like it was totally normal to me. I was just another kid hanging out, doing this…

— Jherek Bischoff