"The notation is more important than the sound. Not the exactitude and success with which a notation notates a sound; but the musicalness of the notation in its notating."

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Source : Cornelius Cardew, Richard Barrett (2006). “Cornelius Cardew: A Reader”

Cornelius Cardew

#Important Quotes #Sound Quotes #Exactitude Quotes

“I fear only God, all praises to Him.”
“It wasn't about mechanics; it was about a feeling, wanting to give someone something, which in turn was really gratifying. That really resonated for me.”
“I have a terrible sense of direction.”
“I told him about me being a summoner, and what that entailed. At the end of he simply gave a long sigh. â€œWhy couldnâ€™t you simply be an alcoholic like all the other detectives?â€ I grinned. â€œDemon summoning has less vomiting!”

Source : Diana Rowland (2011). “Secrets of the Demon: Demon Novels, Book Three”, p.202, Penguin
“The Western music tradition is mostly addressed to a public that has a critical mind, and judges the quality of the writing, of the interpretation. And I think it is a great tradition! It pushes the musicians to always go further, and to never stop pushing the limits and explore what can be done with sounds. And great pieces of art were born from that tradition.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“For artists like me, I think the times that just say the 80's alone, you didn't have to worry about getting twenty-five thousand Facebook followers. You didn't have to worry about every club, every venue you play, where the venues say well you know can you put up this video, put up that Facebook, put up... Nowadays it's really like you just can't be a musician alone.”

Source : Source: magazine.100percentrock.com
“I will ride my luck on occasion, but I like to pick the occasion.”
“If the duties before us be not noble, let us ennoble them by doing them in a noble spirit; we become reconciled to life if we live in the spirit of Him who reconciled the life of God with the lowly duties of servants.”

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