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.
BILL DIXONIn 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.
BILL DIXONFear is the biggest motivator.
BILL DIXONI 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.
BILL DIXONI have not released large orchestral works as recordings because it hasn’t been within the realm of possibility.
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.
BILL DIXONAll people have to do is listen to realize it is a beautiful record.
BILL DIXONRock 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.
BILL DIXONIf you have five players in a situation where the music is being improvised and one is determined it is not going to succeed, it won’t succeed even if one of the musicians takes control.
BILL DIXONIf 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.
BILL DIXONMy career has been different from most people, but I knew what I was not going to do.
BILL DIXONI 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.
BILL DIXONI 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.
BILL DIXONInterested listeners have only to hear the recording to find out if those guys, who go to such pains to undervalue my work, are right.
BILL DIXONYou should see the correspondence I get from over the world letting me know how significant they think I am. I know that wherever I go, I am well received.
BILL DIXONMost of my recorded material has been in small group configurations.
BILL DIXONThere 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 DIXON