Ted Gioia

“Art and disease proliferate via contagion, and similar conditions favor both.”

— Ted Gioia

“In America, music was the first sphere of social interaction in which racial barriers were challenged and overturned. And the challenge went…

— Ted Gioia

“As recently as the twentieth century, some cultures retained religious prohibitions asserting the “uncleanliness” of believers eating at the same table as…

— Ted Gioia

“By the way, this tells you why Auto-Tuned vocals on many contemporary records sound so shallow and lifeless. It’s almost as if…

— Ted Gioia

“In every sphere of social interaction, that hermeneutic leap—that ability to put yourself in the mind frame of the other—is a virtue…

— Ted Gioia

“The role of these New Orleans Creoles in the development of jazz remains one of the least understood and most commonly mis-represented…

— Ted Gioia

“When stealing from other players, an older musician wisely advised me, choose a different instrument from your own, and people won’t notice…

— Ted Gioia

“The work of art always requires us to adapt to it—and in this manner can be distinguished from escapism or shallow entertainment,…

— Ted Gioia