My career has been different from most people, but I knew what I was not going to do.
BILL DIXONIf you are you, 24 hours a day, then you do not have to remember who you are supposed to be in different situations – something that I imagine could be troublesome.
More Bill Dixon Quotes
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If 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.
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You 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.
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I get tired of people making excuses for guys who don’t continue the art because they can’t make a living.
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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.
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Fear is the biggest motivator.
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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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If 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.
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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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I have not released large orchestral works as recordings because it hasn’t been within the realm of possibility.
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The magic of playing has to do with how much everyone wants it to succeed.
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If you are you, 24 hours a day, then you do not have to remember who you are supposed to be in different situations – something that I imagine could be troublesome.
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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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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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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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