Conservatory Quote by Woody Shaw

Today all sounds belong to a continuous field of possibilities lying within the comprehensive dominion of music. Behold the new orchestra: the sonic universe!…

— R. Murray Schafer

It amazed me how some people could touch an instrument and create something so beautiful, and when others tried, like me, it just sounded…

— Ruta Sepetys

“And thus the Great Organ of Unseen University was the only one in the world where you could play an entire symphony scored for…

— Terry Pratchett

“Many of us can maybe sometimes imagine sounds, or have some musical ideas. But to have them consistenly building whole works, and to have…

— Christian Tetzlaff

And I'm always interested when other musicians are trying to discover new worlds of sound.

— Karlheinz Stockhausen

I used to be a very serious pianist, and I was one of the snot-nosed classical ones who was appalled by nightmares of Ethel…

— Robert Sapolsky

Having an opportunity to sit down with Directors, Actors, Musicians, Writers and Composers to talk about their relationship with music, both professionally and personally…

— Edith Bowman

“Many contemporary composers have been building walls of sounds following their own clever devices. But then, who lives inside those rooms?”

— Toru Takemitsu

I found all my reading and writing informed my music in subtle ways. Ravedeath came out of studying the pipe organ, going to New…

— Tim Hecker

I have had some amazing experiences as a musician - even with my modest skills.

— Paul Allen

“There are some who relish the quiet life. Free of the frantic and discord. I used to be one of them; until my life…

— Emmanuella Raphaelle

“My favorite kind of musical experience is to feel afterward that your heart is filled up and transformed, like it is pumping a whole…

— Carrie Brownstein