Joe Zawinul famous quotes

03-28-2025

The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking "Is there a meaning to music?" My answer would be, "Yes", And "Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?" My answer to that would be "No."
So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.
The most difficult and complicated part of the writing process is the beginning.
Science fiction is a field of writing where, month after month, every printed word implies to hundreds of thousands of people: 'There is change. Look, today's fantastic story is tomorrow's fact.
The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite.
I can write better than anyone who can write faster,
If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster
While moral rules may be propounded by authority the fact that these were so propounded would not validate them.
The best brains of the nation may be found on the last benches of the classroom.

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