My music is very, very precise. It's very rigorous. The forms are much more intricate than you would imagine.
(There is) art that states the problems of society and wakes people up to make changes in their lives or in their communities,...art that offers an a… - Meredith Monk
(There is) art that states the problems of society and wakes people up to make changes in their lives or in their communities,...art that offers an a…
- Meredith Monk
Curiosity is a great antidote to fear. - Meredith Monk
Curiosity is a great antidote to fear.
I work in between the cracks, where the voice starts dancing, where the body starts singing, where theater becomes cinema. - Meredith Monk
I work in between the cracks, where the voice starts dancing, where the body starts singing, where theater becomes cinema.
I think about that "empty" space a lot. That emptiness is what allows for something to actually evolve in a natural way. I've had to learn that over … - Meredith Monk
I think about that "empty" space a lot. That emptiness is what allows for something to actually evolve in a natural way. I've had to learn that over …
When you start worrying about form, then you're not in the moment. - Meredith Monk
When you start worrying about form, then you're not in the moment.
As artists, I think that one of the good qualities we have is that we're imaginative. We're resourceful. We like challenges. - Meredith Monk
As artists, I think that one of the good qualities we have is that we're imaginative. We're resourceful. We like challenges.
Yes, the more I go through life I realize that there's really no separation between practice and art at all. The two things more and more become one … - Meredith Monk
Yes, the more I go through life I realize that there's really no separation between practice and art at all. The two things more and more become one …
Sometimes in the past when I was going to perform a piece again I would listen to old recordings and try to reproduce the material. This time I reali… - Meredith Monk
Sometimes in the past when I was going to perform a piece again I would listen to old recordings and try to reproduce the material. This time I reali…
That inner voice has both gentleness and clarity. So to get to authenticity, you really keep going down to the bone, to the honesty, and the inevitab… - Meredith Monk
That inner voice has both gentleness and clarity. So to get to authenticity, you really keep going down to the bone, to the honesty, and the inevitab…
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