We're not on the outside looking in, we're on the outside looking out.

- 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…

- John Zorn

I see myself and many artists like me as the torchbearers through these dark ages.

- John Zorn

If you can make art with sound, can't you make music with objects?

- John Zorn

One thing that I do ask myself when I'm in the creative process is, 'Does the world need this?'

- 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…

- 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…

- 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…

- 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…

- John Zorn