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.
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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Most of my recorded material has been in small group configurations.
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All people have to do is listen to realize it is a beautiful record.
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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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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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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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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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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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The magic of playing has to do with how much everyone wants it to succeed.
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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 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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Interested listeners have only to hear the recording to find out if those guys, who go to such pains to undervalue my work, are right.
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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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My career has been different from most people, but I knew what I was not going to do.
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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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