Definite Quote by Glenn Branca

“I'm just not arbitrarily choosing to have five guitars play one type of thing. In that way there's a definite similarity between a symphony orchestra and the 100 guitar symphony.”

Glenn Branca

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

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

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I'm constantly revising and updating a piece until it's finally recorded. Once it's recorded, then it's over.

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

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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.

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

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

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

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I'm never happy with anything.

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

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