Paul Zollo quotes
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“Any quick analysis of a Beatles tune or a Cole Porter tune will reveal often simple but unexpected chords, chords that chromatically shift between keys, or between major and minor.”
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“Songwriting becomes a conscious attempt to delve into the unconscious. Even those writers who scoff at the concept of a spiritual source for their songs admit that the phenomenon of having them simply arrive feels magical.”
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“Asked if he knew how important Stardust would be, Mitchell Parish said he did have a gut feeling that this was a momentous one. But had no idea it would become a standard. You don't sit down and write a standard, he explained. A standard evolves.”
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“Bill Monroe spoke of bringing 'ancient tones' into his music with echoes of British and Irish fiddle and bagpipe music, while also delving deeply into American blues, gospel, folk hymnody, and hill country dance music. To that gumbo, he added the invigorating rhythms and harmonies of hot jazz. It was a new kind of American music, named in honor of his band The Blue Grass Boys to be known, simply, as bluegrass.”
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“Paul Simon once said that a songwriter's supreme challenge was being complex and simple at the same time-writing songs with lasting depth that are also simple enough to be memorable. Jimmy Van Heusen was a master at this kind of song. His music was complex, with deeply rich chord changes any jazzman can embrace, but also possessed catchy, crystalline melodies of exceeding sing-ability. His songs were meant to be sung, not just listened to, and they were sung by the best, with Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby at the top of that list.”
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“Raksin worked for Alfred Hitchcock, about whom one of the most famous Raksin anecdotes was spoken. The legendary director declared he wanted no music at all for the oceanic Lifeboat, because he felt audiences would wonder where the music was coming from in the middle of the sea. Raksin said, Ask Hitch where the cameras are coming from.”
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“Heartfelt, inspired songwritingwith a delivery both biting and assured.”
-- Paul Zollo
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Source : A. E. Hotchner (2010). “The Good Life According to Hemingway”, p.11, Harper Collins
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Source : A. Lee Martinez (2007). “In the Company of Ogres”, p.133, Macmillan
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“Music that is born complex is not inherently better or worse than music that is born simple.”
Source : Aaron Copland (1952). “Music and imagination”, Harvard Univ Pr
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“A successful film is a good film, and a non-successful film is a bad film. It's as simple as that.”
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Source : Achmat Dangor (1999). “Kafka's Curse”, Pantheon
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Source : "'An incredible container for transformation'". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. May 9, 2014.
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