John Zorn Quotes

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• Well, in Japan, I have got a group of musicians that I have worked with a lot, that concentrate just on the hardcore stuff, say,…
• When I'm writing, sometimes it gets to that place where I feel like the piece is writing itself and I'm trying not to get in…
• The idealists will always be in society, and we will survive
• You can't be idealistic in this world and not be crazy
• I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way
• Great musicians accept everything that they hear and find something good. They take what they like and they throw away what they don't like
• That is a lot of the reason I do what I do, to really spread the word and spread information and turn people onto different…
• If you can make art with sound, can't you make music with objects?
• I’m constantly in doubt about what I’m doing, I’m constantly tortured, and that’s why I say happiness is irrelevant. Happiness is for children and yuppies.…
• It's a matter of keeping people on a spontaneous edge.
• I see myself and many artists like me as the torchbearers through these dark ages.
• Eye was a great discovery. He is one of the great vocalists of all time.
• I have about two or three people, we don't have an office, we don't even have a dedicated phone line. We do it out of…
• For about seven years. I really like it there. There are a lot of great musicians. The scene is very open. A lot of stuff…
• You know, when we were kids, we had to go to a theater to see a movie. And then television came in and you had…
• No one sits in front of a drum set and thinks they invented it all out of whole cloth. The fact that the set is…
• As soon as you get a certain amount of attention, then everybody kinda wants to start taking pot shots at you. All your old friends…
• I don't play favorites with people. My basic philosophy is that the only way to make the world a better place is by bringing something…
• And I try to be as diplomatic as I can, but it always ends up being a psychodrama up there on stage.
• I have not practiced saxophone since 1980. I mean, not one note. I do not pick it up in my house, and that's the end…

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