Zeena Parkins quotes
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“I applied, and I got in as a pianist. Their idea in the music department was that pianists, if they were good enough to get in, they were good enough to learn a new instrument. They felt sorry for pianists being alone in the practice room all the time, and they really wanted to socialize us pianists.”
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“The harp was so much more gestural and physical for me than the piano - something about bringing this instrument into your body.”
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“The irony is that I use computers every day of my life to do music because I edit all of my music in a computer. But when it comes to doing live processing, I prefer, as a performer with an instrument, not just having the computer as the only thing I have. I really prefer and find it much more flexible to have the limitations of pedals.”
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“Computers have their own aleatoric aspect, too. They crash! But I'm a knob person. I like twiddling knobs.”
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“I find the relationship of sensation and physicality, and, for me, it's music like anything else. It's a different way of expressing and exploring sound. I find it really beautiful.”
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“I was a dancer. I was really seriously into dancing.”
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“That's one of the main things I do, work with choreographers. I've been doing it a long time, and it's a real important part of my life as a soundmaker, making music for dance.”
-- Zeena Parkins
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“Practice is a talent. Perseverance is a talent. Hard work is a talent.”
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Source : A. A. Gill (2008). “Paper view: the best of the Sunday Times television reviews”, Orion Pub Co
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