"I think that one of the things that influences me most as a composer is to what extent I can deconstruct and reconstruct the material that I'm working with."

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Source : Source: bigthink.com

Fred Frith

#Thinking Quotes #Influence Quotes #Composer Quotes

“I don't know if, at the end of the day, how brave Saddam Hussein would be if he were stripped of his bodyguards and everything else.”
“With great power comes great responsibilty.”

Source : "Spider-Man". www.imdb.com. 2002.
“Endless motorbike talk can and does bore me.”
“It seems to me, as time goes on, that the only thing that is worth seeking for is to know and to be known by Christ -- a privilege open alone to the childlike, who, with receptivity, guilelessness, and humility, move Godward.”
“We are moving away from the old idea of leadership -- leadership has less to do (now) with heroism. We don't look for... unblemished omnipotent heroes, but leaders who are complex, dependent, changeable... We do not need one dominant authority structure telling all our inner voices to shut up...”
“Yet, here we are, long and difficult years into that conflict," ... "we still have not created the state we promised them. On the contrary, our costly and valiant efforts have produced an outcome our government did not predict or intend-a failed state spinning out of control into anarchy and civil war.”

Source : "The Battle for Peace: A Frontline Vision of America's Power and Purpose" by Anthony Zinni and Tony Koltz, p. 227-228, March, 2006.
“Some stories, you use up. Others use you up.”
“Sometimes something has a value, it has an instant quality to it, and that's all it needs to be.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com

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