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No one sits in front of a drum set and thinks they invented it all out of whole cloth. The fact that the set is there means that you've got some dues to pay to Baby Dodds.

~John Zorn

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Music is about people for me. It's not about sounds. It's about people; it's about putting people into challenging situations. And for me, challenges are opportunities.

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Anything that gets in the way of my focus to create gets cut out of my life. It's not easy. Sometimes it's family. Sometimes it's friends. Sometimes it's the ability to have a relationship.

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I'm constantly tortured, and that's why I say happiness is irrelevant. Happiness is for children and yuppies.

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You know, when we were kids, we had to go to a theater to see a movie. And then television came in and you had to wait until midnight to see the one you wanted to see. Now, all you've got to do is go to a store and buy it and you can watch it whenever you want!

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You can't be idealistic in this world and not be crazy.

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When I'm writing, sometimes it gets to that place where I feel like the piece is writing itself and I'm trying not to get in the way.

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Well, in Japan, I have got a group of musicians that I have worked with a lot, that concentrate just on the hardcore stuff, say, that Naked City has been working on. We have like a repertoire of sixty songs now.

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The idealists will always be in society, and we will survive.

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That's where I began to ask questions that maybe don't have one specific answer. And the more people you get answers from, the richer the environment becomes.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Composer

Born: September 2nd, 1953

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