Roscoe Mitchell Quotes
- I like to hear melodies that go from one extreme to the next- saxophone to a bell to a whistle, for instance.
- If you listen to nature, all the sounds are done in a confident way. I'm trying to do that.
- You have to know composition to be a good improviser.
- I always try to think of a vocabulary to match different musical situations.
- I remember times when the whole music scene was just flourishing.
- I'm approaching a period in my life though where I'd like to be totally absorbed into music, doing concerts, writing something. Basically, that IS what…
- I just consider myself a student, trying to learn more about it.
- What I try to impart to a musician is to really try to practice the instrument in a really sincere way. Learn as much about…
- I don't like to box myself in when I'm composing.
- I felt that I had been influenced by being in the city enough and I wanted to go off by myself to see what was…
- I've always been interested in shaping music in odd ways, with odd riffs and that's been probably something that I've continued on with my studies…