Art Quote by John Fowles

Cornelius Cardew very famous in Britain, because he was the darling of the avant-garde, and he played in a band called AMM, which was…

— Alasdair MacLean

At first the music almost repelled me, it was so intense, and this man made no attempt to sugarcoat what he was trying to…

— Eric Clapton

“he was the indisputable master of the night, bopping as he churned out an endless assortment of music designed to trigger the primal human…

— Zita Harrison

“Although he had certain talents as a musician and a composer, he lacked the charisma or showmanship or whatever it was that made a…

— Nicholas Sparks

It's very interesting to read why Cornelius Cardew became disenchanted with academic avant-garde music. He wanted to reach as many people as possible and…

— Alasdair MacLean

He helped make Living Things even more crazy than I wanted it to be. He added old-fashioned piano and classical folk music - that…

— Matthew Sweet

He was a god of rock. He nearly solved all the world's problems with nothing but power chords and anguished cries into a microphone.

— Kevin Hearne

Cornelius Cardew's folk songs were very, very literal, and they were just about workers smashing their chains. It was like reading Das Kapital over…

— Alasdair MacLean

I'd like to be remembered as someone who wasn't satisfied with just one level of musicianship ... as someone who was a pioneer.

— Amy Winehouse

“But he played music so loudly he could not hear his pain. He stunted his growth beneath a bass that decorated his aura and…

— Karl Kristian Flores

I think [Phil Wood] didn't suffer fools gladly, but he loved supporting young people that loved the music.

— Jon Gordon

The masters painted for joy, and knew not that virtue had gone out of them. They could not paint the like in cold blood.…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson