I learned from my uncle that jazz, like symphony music, was built to last.

- David Amram

A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington.

- David Amram

When you are accompanying someone, you are listening to them the way you listen to a Bach Chorale, where four parts are going on at the same time, al…

- David Amram

In symphonic music, when you are conducting, you do the same thing. You are feeling the whole orchestra, thinking ahead so you can prepare for a chan…

- David Amram

Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful portraits that may still han…

- David Amram

I wish to share and pass down some of my generation's traits, and encourage young people to create their own art, music, and literature.

- David Amram

Today's trend ends up in tomorrow's landfill.

- David Amram

Lawrence Ferlinghetti had a tremendous education as an artist and also an enormous knowledge of literarture.

- David Amram

The idea of the peace movement and of people who spent their entire lives trying to have a more egalitarian, just society, suddenly became swamped by…

- David Amram