Roscoe Mitchell quotes

“If you listen to nature, all the sounds are done in a confident way. I'm trying to do that.”
-- Roscoe Mitchell

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“What I try to impart to a musician is to really try to practice the instrument in a really sincere way. Learn as much about music as you possibly can. Learn composition. Study to try to create compositions of your own and put your own personal touch on your music.”
-- Roscoe Mitchell

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“I always try to think of a vocabulary to match different musical situations.”
-- Roscoe Mitchell

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“I like to hear melodies that go from one extreme to the next- saxophone to a bell to a whistle, for instance.”
-- Roscoe Mitchell

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“You have to know composition to be a good improviser.”
-- Roscoe Mitchell

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“I remember times when the whole music scene was just flourishing.”
-- Roscoe Mitchell

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“I'm approaching a period in my life though where I'd like to be totally absorbed into music, doing concerts, writing something. Basically, that IS what I am doing.”
-- Roscoe Mitchell

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“I don't like to box myself in when I'm composing.”
-- Roscoe Mitchell

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“I wanted to be different and original but still have it be something my fans could get into. There also are some big, beautiful ballads. I told my producers that I wanted tracks that are going to blow up in the clubs, but I also wanted songs that were very melodic and with a lot of instrumentation.”

“Music is something that always lifts my spirits and makes me happy, and when I make music I always hope it will have the same effect on whoever listens to it.”

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“To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.”

Source : Aaron Copland (1959). “The pleasures of music”

“The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking "Is there a meaning to music?" My answer would be, "Yes", And "Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?" My answer to that would be "No."”

Source : What to Listen for in Music (1939) ch. 2

“My heart and soul are in the Stratocaster”

“If you just try long enough and hard enough, you can always manage to boot yourself in the posterior.”

“I, personally, am trying to get more and more involved with the gay and lesbian movement, very much so.”

“Beginning with the first bite, and for every bite after, that try to chew ten times.”

Source : Aaron Hoopes (2010). “Zen Anti-Diet: Mindful Eating for Health, Vitality and Weight Loss”, p.14, Aaron Hoopes

“I try to be as courteous as possible and sometimes try to tell my fans that as much as I appreciate their support, there are times where I need to be able to have an uninterrupted dinner or not have to take a bunch of pictures or just be able to do some of the normal things.”

“It is time, therefore, to abandon the superstition that natural science cannot be regarded as logically respectable until philosophers have solved the problem of induction. The problem of induction is, roughly speaking, the problem of finding a way to prove that certain empirical generalizations which are derived from past experience will hold good also in the future.”