Nowadays, I really like playing in studios.

- Derek Bailey

Free improvisation, in addition to being a highly skilled musical craft, is open to use by almost anyone - beginners, children, and non-musicians.

- Derek Bailey

In fact its quite gratifying for me to see some of the people who really objected to this method of working now being quite so profligate in their us…

- Derek Bailey

Undeniably, the audience for improvisation, good or bad, active or passive, sympathetic or hostile, has a power that no other audience has. It can af…

- Derek Bailey

Even if it is difficult playing with other people - sometimes it's great, sometimes it isn't, but that is kind of the point of it. It loses its point…

- Derek Bailey

In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison.

- Derek Bailey

I think playing solo is a second rate activity, really. For me, playing is about playing with other people.

- Derek Bailey

I like duos with percussionists. I like the songs that percussionists sing.

- Derek Bailey

Younger players in this music often turn out to be middle aged; it is not a young music.

- Derek Bailey