"It's very interesting to read why Cornelius Cardew became disenchanted with academic avant-garde music. He wanted to reach as many people as possible and change their consciousness. He wanted to reach the "working classes" in England. The kind of music he was making was very much from the academy, even though it had a lot in common with things like free jazz and improvisation, and he felt that it was the music of the elite, and that he wasn't really speaking to the people."

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Source : Source: www.avclub.com

Alasdair MacLean

#People Quotes #Interesting Quotes #Jazz Quotes

“I'll never be bothered if I don't have a hit because you look at the songs that are hits and they're none of my favourites. Just the fact that we do have fans waiting here, that's exciting enough.”

Source : "Second coming" by Stephen Downie, The Courier-Mail, May 20, 2005.
“The '60s was the end of the America that the rest of the world liked.”
“My parents didn't play golf.”
“What is there to be afraid of? The worst thing that can happen is you fail. So what? I failed at a lot of things. My first record was horrible.”
“The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But I'm the pie and my pie is good all by itself. Even if I don't have a cherry.”
“I spent thirty years learning manners, and I spent twenty years learning knowledge...”
“In New York, we tip everyone. We tip doormen, we tip cab drivers, and we tip bartenders at the bar. You'll get quite an evil eye if you don't leave a tip at the bar.”
“Understanding brings control.”

Source : Isaac Bonewits, Philip Emmons Isaac Bonewits (1989). “Real Magic: An Introductory Treatise on the Basic Principles of Yellow Light”, p.3, Weiser Books

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