Pieces Quote by Glenn Branca

I liked rock music going back to the '60s, but I never ever had any desire to be a rock musician and when I…

— Glenn Branca

Whatever works for the piece I'm thinking about is the way I write.

— Glenn Branca

I started out in theatre and I definitely have wanted to add extra musical elements to my music with both imagery and text.

— Glenn Branca

One hundred guitarists making lots of noise would not be something you'd want to listen to.

— Glenn Branca

I want the music to be ambiguous. Its tone gives you a context in which to start visualizing what you're feeling with the music.

— Glenn Branca

It's crucial that people are on the right measure at the right time.

— Glenn Branca

Music is about imagination. It's about thought. It's about creating something from nothing.

— Glenn Branca

It can and will be a more powerful sound but the orchestra has far more potential for expressive power. When I hear a great…

— Glenn Branca

I'm never happy with anything.

— Glenn Branca

I could create music that sounded as strange as any electronic music, because you see, my opinion about electronic music is that the real…

— Glenn Branca

I like to read. I've become obsessed with fiction. And it's too bad: I'm a musician many people love and I myself am not…

— Glenn Branca

Occasionally I hear a band that blows me away. For instance, there's a musician in Oakland named Weasel Walter who has a band called…

— Glenn Branca