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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.

Bill Dixon

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.
BILL DIXON

Anchored Country Left Finished Nothing
The magic of playing has to do with how much everyone wants it to succeed.
BILL DIXON

Magic Musician Player
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 DIXON

Correspondence Know Letting Received Significant
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 DIXON

Dwell Musicians Past Try
Fear is the biggest motivator.
BILL DIXON

Biggest Fear Motivator
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.
BILL DIXON

Controlled Going Large Price
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.
BILL DIXON

Buildings Old Paintings Performance Shows
I think people who sample are cheating. It is like people who do collages. Use all of your own stuff.
BILL DIXON

Cheating People Thinking
I have not released large orchestral works as recordings because it hasn’t been within the realm of possibility.
BILL DIXON

Possibility Realm Recording Released
I get tired of people making excuses for guys who don’t continue the art because they can’t make a living.
BILL DIXON

Continue Excuses Guys Living Male
I have no distributor… it is indicative to me that there are these pockets of players and collectors all over.
BILL DIXON

Letting Go Player Thinking
My career has been different from most people, but I knew what I was not going to do.
BILL DIXON

Careers Different People
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.
BILL DIXON

Afternoon Done Morning Rehearsals
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.
BILL DIXON

Beautiful Painful People Undervalued
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 DIXON

Country Happening Middle Painting
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.
BILL DIXON

Adequate Art Attention Tired Years

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 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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