I mean I have had a very combative relationship with critics because I'm very impatient with people that don't give my work the respect I feel it deserves.
We're not on the outside looking in, we're on the outside looking out. - John Zorn
We're not on the outside looking in, we're on the outside looking out.
- John Zorn
I see myself and many artists like me as the torchbearers through these dark ages. - John Zorn
I see myself and many artists like me as the torchbearers through these dark ages.
I’m constantly in doubt about what I’m doing, I’m constantly tortured, and that’s why I say happiness is irrelevant. Happiness is for children and yu… - John Zorn
I’m constantly in doubt about what I’m doing, I’m constantly tortured, and that’s why I say happiness is irrelevant. Happiness is for children and yu…
One thing that I do ask myself when I'm in the creative process is, 'Does the world need this?' - John Zorn
One thing that I do ask myself when I'm in the creative process is, 'Does the world need this?'
Music is about people for me. It's not about sounds. It's about people; it's about putting people into challenging situations. And for me, challenges… - John Zorn
Music is about people for me. It's not about sounds. It's about people; it's about putting people into challenging situations. And for me, challenges…
If you can make art with sound, can't you make music with objects? - John Zorn
If you can make art with sound, can't you make music with objects?
I run around, I listen to a lot of music, go to a lot of concerts. And when I see someone that gases me, I try to go out of my way to involve them so… - John Zorn
I run around, I listen to a lot of music, go to a lot of concerts. And when I see someone that gases me, I try to go out of my way to involve them so…
I don't ascribe to the idea of the ivory tower composer who sits alone in a room composing his masterpieces and then comes down from Mount Sinai with… - John Zorn
I don't ascribe to the idea of the ivory tower composer who sits alone in a room composing his masterpieces and then comes down from Mount Sinai with…
People are great. But there's people who you get together with and you talk and you go away feeling energized, you feel inspired. And then there's pe… - John Zorn
People are great. But there's people who you get together with and you talk and you go away feeling energized, you feel inspired. And then there's pe…
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