“ If, when making reference to a larger musical grouping, you say orchestra, you can readily expect that they will seek to correct you and let you know that it's really a big band. Continued insistence over the years has only served to make those people think you are being pedantic. ”
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“ I have been going to Italy since 1980, but I always went to do work. I did not live overseas, because I do not like running around with everything I own in a paper bag. ”
- Bill Dixon- Copy
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“ Whether I get adequate attention or not, people here do know the work I have been doing systematically and without compromise for over 40 years. I get tired of people making excuses for guys who don't continue the art because they can't make a living. ”
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“ The Canadians, by the paucity of invitations that have been extended to me to do things there, have obviously never been that enamored with my work. ”
- Bill Dixon- Copy
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“ I am not interested in petty gossip; I am not interested in who sells the most records and the politicizing of economics that makes that possible. I am not interested in a body politic of the largely uninformed who attempt to politically designate certain people as deserving of wider recognition. ”
- Bill Dixon- Copy
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“ When it comes to this music, it just seems to be a foregone conclusion that there is going to be some kind of excuse for things not being able to be implemented that are deemed necessary for the successful realization of the music. I know that this is sounding clumsy and that it could easily be misinterpreted, but one doesn't have to be a brain trust to make the observation that I've just made. ”
- Bill Dixon- Copy
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“ My career has been different from most people, but I knew what I was not going to do. I knew I was not going to be controlled. I knew there was a price for this, but I did not know there was as large a price as it turned out to be. ”
- Bill Dixon- Copy
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“ I did not make my first recording until I was 37… I did not even start to study music until I was 20… I entered music at a time when New York was this cauldron of incredible artistic and cultural activity. ”
- Bill Dixon- Copy
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“ My career has been different from most people, but I knew what I was not going to do. I knew I was not going to be controlled. I knew there was a price for this, but I did not know there was as large a price as it turned out to be. ”
- Bill Dixon- Copy
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“ I am not interested in petty gossip; I am not interested in who sells the most records and the politicizing of economics that makes that possible. I am not interested in a body politic of the largely uninformed who attempt to politically designate certain people as deserving of wider recognition. ”
- Bill Dixon- Copy
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“ I am not interested in petty gossip; I am not interested in who sells the most records and the politicizing of economics that makes that possible. I am not interested in a body politic of the largely uninformed who attempt to politically designate certain people as deserving of wider recognition. ”
- Bill Dixon- Copy
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“ I am not interested in petty gossip; I am not interested in who sells the most records and the politicizing of economics that makes that possible. I am not interested in a body politic of the largely uninformed who attempt to politically designate certain people as deserving of wider recognition. ”
- Bill Dixon- Copy
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“ When it comes to this music, it just seems to be a foregone conclusion that there is going to be some kind of excuse for things not being able to be implemented that are deemed necessary for the successful realization of the music. I know that this is sounding clumsy and that it could easily be misinterpreted, but one doesn't have to be a brain trust to make the observation that I've just made. ”
- Bill Dixon- Copy
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“ Rock musicians, and a vast array of popular-music musicians, due to their wealth, acquired through the mass of their notoriety, are able to be listened to and heard and thus are able to effect change on an international level. ”
- Bill Dixon- Copy
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“ I am not interested in petty gossip; I am not interested in who sells the most records and the politicizing of economics that makes that possible. I am not interested in a body politic of the largely uninformed who attempt to politically designate certain people as deserving of wider recognition. ”
- Bill Dixon- Copy
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“ I am not interested in petty gossip; I am not interested in who sells the most records and the politicizing of economics that makes that possible. I am not interested in a body politic of the largely uninformed who attempt to politically designate certain people as deserving of wider recognition. ”
- Bill Dixon- Copy
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“ I did not make my first recording until I was 37… I did not even start to study music until I was 20… I entered music at a time when New York was this cauldron of incredible artistic and cultural activity. ”
- Bill Dixon- Copy
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“ Whether I get adequate attention or not, people here do know the work I have been doing systematically and without compromise for over 40 years. I get tired of people making excuses for guys who don't continue the art because they can't make a living. ”
- Bill Dixon- Copy
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“ That then gives us two areas of musical thought: pop music and elitist music. Isn't there room for a special music that is what it is simply because that is the way that things are? There is always going to be different forms of music. I do not think we should put down rap music and things like that… ”
- Bill Dixon- Copy
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“ I do not, as a rule, do encores. When I have finished playing, I have indeed finished playing. I have nothing left; there has been no reserve. ”
- Bill Dixon- Copy
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“ I do not, as a rule, do encores. When I have finished playing, I have indeed finished playing. I have nothing left; there has been no reserve. ”
- Bill Dixon- Copy
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“ The bass provides a sort of liquid foundational formation that does not gravitationally tie you down. It is good at revealing and highlighting a certain harmonic pinpoint when one is either being looked for or needed. ”
- Bill Dixon- Copy
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“ The bass provides a sort of liquid foundational formation that does not gravitationally tie you down. It is good at revealing and highlighting a certain harmonic pinpoint when one is either being looked for or needed. ”
- Bill Dixon- Copy
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“ When Coltrane died, a void appeared in this music that has not been filled yet. He maintained a forward motion in his work and did not look back. ”
- Bill Dixon- Copy
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“ When Coltrane died, a void appeared in this music that has not been filled yet. He maintained a forward motion in his work and did not look back. ”
- Bill Dixon- Copy
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