There are musicians who do not know their worth, and if they knew it at one time, it has eluded them. I know my worth. You try not to dwell in the past.
BILL DIXONIf I produce it, I will stage it as a performance. A small audience will be invited; rehearsals of the sections will be done in the mornings, and those sections will be recorded in the afternoons.
More Bill Dixon Quotes
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In the middle 1940s… I heard everyone live. Painting, the theater; everything was happening. It was an exciting time when New York was the place to be.
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I do not, as a rule, do encores. When I have finished playing, I have indeed finished playing. I have nothing left; there has been no reserve.
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Fear is the biggest motivator.
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I knew I was not going to be controlled. I knew there was a price for this, but I did not know there was as large a price as it turned out to be.
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Most of my recorded material has been in small group configurations.
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Whether I get adequate attention or not, people here do know the work I have been doing systematically and without compromise for over 40 years.
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I have no distributor… it is indicative to me that there are these pockets of players and collectors all over.
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My career has been different from most people, but I knew what I was not going to do.
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I think people who sample are cheating. It is like people who do collages. Use all of your own stuff.
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I have not released large orchestral works as recordings because it hasn’t been within the realm of possibility.
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If I had money, I would like to get an old building, have music performances, do lithographs, have shows of paintings, and do those things that I’m interested in doing.
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The magic of playing has to do with how much everyone wants it to succeed.
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I have been using delay and reverberation since the middle 1960s. I use them to make what is almost inaudible to the ear, audible. I do not use them to play loudly but to make the higher harmonics heard.
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All people have to do is listen to realize it is a beautiful record.
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Rock musicians, and a vast array of popular-music musicians, due to their wealth, acquired through the mass of their notoriety, are able to be listened to and heard and thus are able to effect change on an international level.
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