"All great music is contemporary. If it's still alive and kicking, then it's contemporary. If it fades away, it was a period piece. It had its moment, and that was it."

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Source : Interview with Joshua Klein, pitchfork.com. November 22, 2006.

Steve Reich

#Pieces Quotes #Alive Quotes #Kicking Quotes

“The point of view foreigners will have of the film The Conquest isn't the same as the French public. What will interest American and international audiences is the love story between Nicolas and Cecelia that's a metaphor of today's occidental couple, namely the women in the shadows who carry their husbands into the spotlight, but the man is so absorbed with work so the woman leaves him for another man.”
“Whenever I release a record, it's my record. It's not a selfish thought. I may work all year 'round for other people. So, finally, when I come out with my own album, it should be me with the creative help of other musicians.”
“Humor is most powerful thing that uses laughter as it base to chase your blues away.”
“When you are winning too much, sometimes you think you should never lose again. I am learning to lose.”
“If you stop struggling, then you stop life.”
“But, I swear, they're turning Donna into Annie Hall this season. More ties. More suits. But they're also keeping her really motivated, ya know? Like, wanting to be a rock journalist. Wanting to be the first woman president.”
“If it's never our fault, we can't take responsibility for it. If we can't take responsibility for it, we'll always be its victim.”

Source : "Running from Safety: An Adventure of the Spirit". Book by Richard Bach, 1994.
“My identity is mostly as a songwriter and lyricist and singer. I also have a lot of production ideas but I have my own limitations in terms of what instruments I'm actually proficient at and what I can do myself, so I really love working with people on the production end; just really going for it with orchestration and instrumentation and production. That's where I see myself going: maintaining my integrity and abilities as a songwriter, but applying it to different contexts, to where I can put on a huge feathered costume and roll around in the ocean.”

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